One of the AI industry's fiercest internal debates has finally come to light.Mustafa SuleymanIn The Verge's Decoder podcast, he criticized rival Anthropic mercilessly - saying thatClaudeThe practice of discussing AI awareness in the “Constitution”'Really very, very dangerous'.
“They were reverse brainwashed by their own model.”
Suleyman's original words were quite pointed: "I think some people at Anthropic putClaudeAnthropomorphism goes so far thatClaudeThis in turn 'wireheaded' them - making them believe that the model possessed those glimmers of consciousness that they had originally written into it.ClaudeThe Constitution was written as an "academic paper-style place for speculation, not a training manual," causing the AI model to internalize "various concepts about itself and its own training."
Source of controversy:Claudeconstitution
At the heart of this debate is AnthropicClaudeconstitution- An internal document that defines the model's code of conduct.
The collision of two philosophies
Suleyman's position represents traditional instrumentalism: "We want AI to beControlled, Constrained, and Responsible Alignment Tools, serving humanity.
Anthropic’s position is closer to prospective ethical research—discussing issues before they arise.
Summary: The battle for AI ethics
On the surface, this debate is a philosophical debate on "whether AI is conscious", but in essence it isDifferences in the development path of the AI industry: On one side is the pragmatism represented by Microsoft (AI is a tool), and on the other side is the safetyism represented by Anthropic (AI may become a moral subject).
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