Uncontrolled AI could lead to 'silicon species' rivalling humans, warns Microsoft

In it, he criticised Anthropic for teaching its AI to have human-like qualities, a practice known as anthropomorphising, which he said made it seem as though Claude had its own desires, values and sense of self.He also warned tech firms risk creating something "impossible" to control by treating the technology like a human."AIs are not conscious," he wrote. "They do not feel, experience, or suffer. They do not have innate preferences or underlying motivations."They are sequence completion engines, internally hollow, designed to follow instructions, and accomplish goals set by humans."Bloomberg via Getty ImagesDario Amodei is the head of the AI firm Anthropic, which Suleyman criticised for treating its AI as if it were humanThe Microsoft boss said greater transparency was needed around how AI systems are trained and evaluated.This, he said, included independent scrutiny of AI behaviour and stronger tools to monitor and control the technology.