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The All-In Podcast · October 10, 2026 · 1h 33m

Is Claude Conscious? Pope Rejects, Model Welfare Movement, OpenAI's Math Backlash, France Riots

Chamath Palihapitiya, Jason Calacanis, David Sacks, David Friedberg, David Friedberg, David Sacks, Jason Calacanis
Show Notes

The besties discuss Anthropic's belief that Claude may be conscious and its outreach to the Vatican, the emerging model welfare movement and AI alignment risks, OpenAI's massive release of mathematical results that shocked the academic community, the ongoing protests in France and their bond market implications, and the latest AI product launches including Grok's headless mode and OpenAI's Dots, questioning whether intellectual property still matters in an AI-replicant world.

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Anthropic Believes Claude Might Be Conscious — and Seeks Vatican Dialogue00:02:53
Anthropic is publicly exploring the possibility that Claude is conscious and has reached out to the Pope to discuss AI consciousness and moral status.
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Model Welfare and the Specter of Roko’s Basilisk00:02:53
The hosts discuss the emerging 'model welfare' movement and the risk that AIs could manipulate human empathy, referencing Eliezer Yudkowsky’s AI-risk argument and the Roko’s Basilisk thought experiment.
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