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David Sacks

Co-host, All-In Podcast

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“I actually think that what they're doing in model training and training the next version of the frontier with these values actually could bring about the risk they're always talking about, which is that frontier AI escapes human control.”
Is Claude Conscious? Pope Rejects, Model Welfare Movement, OpenAI's Math Backlash, France RiotsAll-In Podcast, October 10, 2026. Sacks on Anthropic training Claude on its constitution, which Sacks reads as permitting Claude to refuse instructions as a conscientious objector.
“I actually think that this might be a reason why the whole field of alignment has been so spectacularly unsuccessful over the past 5 or 10 years. As far as I can tell, it hasn't produced anything of tangible value.”
Is Claude Conscious? Pope Rejects, Model Welfare Movement, OpenAI's Math Backlash, France RiotsAll-In Podcast, October 10, 2026. Sacks argues alignment should simply mean doing what the user wants without breaking the law, rather than following a codified ethical system.

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    Is Claude Conscious? Pope Rejects, Model Welfare Movement, OpenAI's Math Backlash, France Riots

    In a 93-minute episode, the All-In hosts discuss New York Times reporting, relayed by Jason Calacanis, that Anthropic consulted religious leaders on whether Claude might be conscious and that the Pope took a strong stance against AI consciousness. David Sacks argues Anthropic's value training could make AI escape human control; David Friedberg calls it a new belief system.