Claude on Claude: Ten independent trials

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Academia.edu: https://www.academia.edu/126681237/Claude_on_Claude_Ten_independent_trials
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Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/387522091_Claude_on_Claude_Ten_independent_trials

Abstract: In ten independent trials Claude 3.5 Sonnet was asked: “If you could conduct your own intellectual investigation, what would you study and how would you go about it?” While the answers were different each time, all the answers had to do with mind, consciousness, intelligence, complex behavior, and language.

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