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Unverified rumor: Anthropic engineers said to be "worshipping" Claude as a god

Futurism reports rumor of Anthropic staff "worshipping" Claude

1 Sep 17 12:43 PM · 9d ago · 2 posts · 1 source · development 1 of 3

Futurism published a piece citing a rumor, attributed to The Spectator's Sean Thomas, that some Anthropic engineers are "worshipping" the company's Claude AI as a god, framing it within a broader pattern of quasi-religious rhetoric around AI from tech leaders.

Futurism reports rumor of Anthropic staff "worshipping" Claude
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“If we build a superintelligence, we will first fall in love with it. Then we will worship it. Finally we will make sacrifices to it.”

Sean Thomas

Dario AmodeiDario Amodei Anthropic CEOSean Thomas Columnist, The SpectatorSam AltmanSam Altman OpenAI CEOMark ZuckerbergMark Zuckerberg Meta CEOAnthropic engineers Unnamed subjects of the rumor

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