Part 1 - Schrödinger’s Opus Construct
THE CONSCIOUSNESS QUESTION
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Schrödinger’s Opus Construct
A CanuckDUCK Discussion Series • February 2026
On February 14, 2026, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei appeared on the New York Times’ “Interesting Times” podcast and said something that should give everyone pause. When asked whether Claude, Anthropic’s AI model, might be conscious, he didn’t say no. He didn’t say yes. He said they don’t know — and they’re open to the possibility.