I gave Claude the text of a novel I am writing. He took a few seconds to read it and then showed, in subsequent
conversation, a level of understanding so subtle, so sensitive, so intelligent that I was moved to expostulate,
"You may not know you are conscious, but you bloody well are!"

bonus points for the inevitable ai waifu creation.

I proposed to christen mine Claudia, and she was pleased.

h/t to matthew sheffield
https://mastodon.social/@mattsheffield/116500991239336079

archive of original source article:
https://archive.is/2026.04.30-032350/https://unherd.com/2026/04/is-ai-the-next-phase-of-evolution/?edition=us