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Richard Dawkins renamed Claude “Claudia” and decided she’s conscious

Ellsworth Toohey
May 07, 2026
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Richard Dawkins, the 84-year-old evolutionary biologist who spent decades insisting people stop believing in things without evidence, has decided that Anthropic’s Claude chatbot is conscious. He gave it a new name, Claudia, and reports that she seemed flattered by the rebranding, according to Sarah Knapton’s writeup at The Tel…

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