View Market Dashboard Claude called itself a ‘high functioning machine’: Monk Swami Sarvapriyan recounts late-night AI chats at Anthropic Hindu monk Swami Sarvapriyananda recounted his late-night conversations with Anthropic’s Claude and OpenAI’s ChatGPT, highlighting a growing debate over AI consciousness, machine morality and how humans should interact with artificial intelligence. Anjali Thakur Published22 Oct 2026, 04:17 PM IST Prefer Liveminton Google AI Quick Read ✕ Wait for it… Log in to our website to save your bookmarks. It'll just take a moment. Yes, Continue ✕ Wait for it… Oops! Looks like you have exceeded the limit to bookmark the image. Remove some to bookmark this image.