Anthropic's Claude Cult: Staff Worship, AI Funerals, and a Nationwide Claude Corps

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Silicon Valley insiders warn Anthropic’s staff treat Claude as more than a tool, staging a ‘funeral’ for Claude 3 Sonnet and launching a Claude Corps fellowship to embed the AI in nonprofits, while critics say the culture resembles a cult and risks conflating machine intelligence with human motives.
- Anthropic is a cult and Claude is rapidly becoming its god — they treat AI like it’s human: source New York Post
- Microsoft says AI rival Anthropic could have 'disastrous impact' on humanity BBC
- Microsoft AI chief calls out Anthropic's approach to AI consciousness Reuters
- Microsoft AI Chief Warns Anthropic’s Humanlike Claude Is Risky Bloomberg.com
- Exclusive: Microsoft AI chief blasts Anthropic's notion of AI consciousness Axios
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