Anthropic are uncomfortably interested in "model welfare" in my opinion - it's a regular feature of their system cards.

Here's the Fable 5.1 PDF: https://www-cdn.anthropic.com/0339e6a7c5c7b87f5c07798616dc32... - scroll to page 139.

Unless you actually believe there is something magical about the human spirit - someday we are going to make sentient machines.

What exactly is wrong with preparing for that ahead of time? Just in case we pass that threshold before we realize it? Why does it make you uncomfortable?