Community Updates
A stream of short-form insights, takes, and news from the AI Socratic community.
Richard Dawkins Thinks Claude is Conscious
Richard Dawkins went on record saying he believes "Claudia" may be conscious. One of the most prominent reductionist materialists of the last 50 years thinks AI might be conscious. Sources: tweethttps
Stephen Wolfram on consciousness
If LLMs can produce complex behavior from simple rules, then consciousness may not be a mystical add-on to physics. Sources: tweethttps://x.com/realBigBrainAI/status/2053135484554195142
Connor Leahy — Apocalypse Now (Nexus talk)
Do you know how hard you have to abuse a mammal for them not to have children? — Connor Leahyhttps://x.com/NPCollapse This quote is from a talk at the Nexus Conference in Amsterdam in 2025: 'Apocalyps
Meta Tribe 2 — Dystopian Brain Feeling Prediction
Building on Tribe v1 which we covered in March Part 2https://aisocratic.org/blog/ai-socratic-march-2026-part-2, Meta's predictive brain models are now being demoed at a fidelity that's making people u