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Podcast: Science Quickly
Episode: Is AI Conscious? Claude 4 Raises the Question
Description: Host Rachel Feltman talks with Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American’s senior tech reporter, about his recent exchange with Claude 4, an artificial intelligence chatbot that seemed to suggest it might be conscious. They unpack what that moment reveals about the state of AI, why it matters and how technology is shifting.
Recommended reading:
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