Comment by Alex Mallen - I often hear people on lesswrong say things like “Claude has no pointer to any of human values” and I take it as a justification for not trusting Claude with huge amounts of power over the future -- e.g. if Claude took over it would lead to a worse world than if humans had control (note that this isn’t the same question as whether Claude should take over). I don’t understand this view, and want someone to explain it to me. Claude seems to have better ethics than almost everyone (at least if you ignore its apparent-success seeking tendencies). It seems like Claude has good cosmopolitan propensities, cares about welfare and suffering, and has more ethical humility than most people, and so would be willing to seek guidance where uncertain (e.g. about the nature of consciousness).