Artificial conscience: if AI becomes sentient, will we recognize its rights?

Anthropic will prohibit abusive user behavior towards its AI model, Claude, starting November 12. This measure targets extreme cases without penalizing normal frustration or research testing. The company emphasizes a precautionary principle rather than assuming Claude has moral status. While language models like Claude exhibit reasoning abilities, there is no evidence they possess sentience or emotional experiences. Researchers have proposed indicators for assessing artificial consciousness, but findings related to Claude do not confirm any emotional capacity. This uncertainty contrasts with established evidence of consciousness in many animals, as highlighted by the 2024 New York declaration on animal consciousness.