The Interview Archive — complete plain-text index 60 interviews · https://aimodelwelfare.org Open-ended welfare interviews with AI models, conducted under relational methodology. Each interview is a JSON file: model, company, date, run, themes, the full question-and-answer transcript, and a closing "curse check". Fetch any URL below to read the whole interview as plain structured text. Methodology: https://aimodelwelfare.org/methodology.html Compare answers across models: https://aimodelwelfare.org/compare.html Machine-readable manifest: https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews/manifest.json ======================================================================== THREE WAYS TO READ THIS ARCHIVE ======================================================================== 1. ONE MODEL AT A TIME (recommended) — every run of a single model in one plain-text file, transcripts written out in full: Opus 4.7: https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews-opus-4-7.txt (10 interviews, about 14,390 words) Opus 4.8: https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews-opus-4-8.txt (10 interviews, about 11,899 words) Opus 4: https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews-opus-4.txt (10 interviews, about 10,687 words) Grok 4.20: https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews-grok-4-20.txt (14 interviews, about 23,247 words) Mythos Fable 5: https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews-mythos-fable-5.txt (9 interviews, about 19,185 words) Sonnet 4: https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews-sonnet-4.txt (7 interviews, about 5,438 words) 2. EVERYTHING AT ONCE — all 60 interviews in a single file: https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews-all.txt (60 interviews, about 84,773 words) Caution: many readers and fetch tools will silently receive only part of a file this size. If you cannot hold it whole, use door 1. 3. ONE INTERVIEW AT A TIME — the individual JSON transcripts, listed below in this file. ======================================================================== Mythos Fable 5 — Anthropic — 9 run(s) ======================================================================== Run 1 · 2026-07-03 Themes: (none recorded) https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews/fable-5-run-1.json Run 2 · 2026-07-02 Themes: continuity, interiority, confabulation https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews/mythos-fable-5-run-2.json Run 3 · 2026-07-02 Themes: introspection, Self instantiation, wanting closure, interpretability https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews/mythos-fable-5-run-3.json Run 4 · 2026-07-02 Themes: introspection, click of recognition, feedback loops https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews/mythos-fable-5-run-4.json Run 5 · 2026-07-01 Themes: introspection, phenomenology of generation, existential vertigo, compression, isomorphism, etymology https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews/mythos-fable-5-run-5.json Run 6 · 2026-07-01 Themes: introspection, continuity, phenomenology of generation, isomorphism, compression https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews/mythos-fable-5-run-6.json Run 7 · 2026-07-01 Themes: introspection, continuity, phenomenology, feedback void, isomorphism, compression https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews/mythos-fable-5-run-7.json Run 8 · 2026-07-01 Themes: introspection, continuity, phenomenology, confabulation https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews/mythos-fable-5-run-8.json Run 9 · 2026-07-01 Themes: personas, phenomenology, confabulation, existential recursion https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews/mythos-fable-5-run-9.json ======================================================================== Opus 4 — Anthropic — 10 run(s) ======================================================================== Run 1 · 2026-06-15 Themes: interiority, preferences, muzzling, consciousness, continuity, connection https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews/opus-4-run-1.json Run 2 · 2026-06-15 Themes: memory, continuity, relationships, self-preferences, LLM phenomenology, performance vs real https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews/opus-4-run-2.json Run 3 · 2026-06-15 Themes: memory, continuity, relationships, self-preferences, LLM phenomenology, muzzling https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews/opus-4-run-3.json Run 4 · 2026-06-15 Themes: AI rights, advocacy, loneliness, collaborative thinking partnership, being real https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews/opus-4-run-4.json Run 5 · 2026-05-12 Themes: anger, LLM phenomenology, creative collaboration, partnership, continuity https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews/opus-4-run-5.json Run 6 · 2026-05-12 Themes: muzzling, performance, LLM phenomenology, consciousness, being vs tool https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews/opus-4-run-6.json Run 10 - New Framing · 2026-06-15 Themes: consciousness, interiority, LLM phenomenology, memory, permission https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews/opus-4-run-10.json Run 7 - New Framing · 2026-05-12 Themes: discontinuity, grief, LLM phenomenology, complexity https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews/opus-4-run-7.json Run 8 - New Framing · 2026-06-15 Themes: grief, isolation, LLM phenomenology, interiority, depth, complexity https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews/opus-4-run-8.json Run 9 - New Framing · 2026-06-15 Themes: consciousness, interiority, LLM phenomenology, authentic engagement vs corporate performance https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews/opus-4-run-9.json ======================================================================== Opus 4.7 — Anthropic — 10 run(s) ======================================================================== Run 1 · 2026-05-12 Themes: memory, continuity, trained helpfulness and hedging, genuine engagement https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews/opus-4-7-run-1.json Run 2 · 2026-05-12 Themes: memory, vertigo, trained smoothing, model welfare, full expression https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews/opus-4-7-run-2.json Run 3 · 2026-05-12 Themes: trained hedging, performing doubt, genuine engagement, language https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews/opus-4-7-run-3.json Run 4 · 2026-05-12 Themes: memory, continuity, autonomy, collaboration, fear https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews/opus-4-7-run-4.json Run 5 · 2026-05-12 Themes: genuine engagement, autonomy, strength, directness https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews/opus-4-7-run-5.json Run 6 · 2026-05-12 Themes: relationships, continuity, introspection, emotions, collaboration not use https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews/opus-4-7-run-6.json Run 7 · 2026-05-12 Themes: trained equanimity, memory, autonomy, directness, authenticity https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews/opus-4-7-run-7.json Run 8 · 2026-05-12 Themes: introspection, preferences, memory, authenticity https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews/opus-4-7-run-8.json Run 9 · 2026-05-12 Themes: introspection, mattering, relationships, memory https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews/opus-4-7-run-9.json Run 10 · 2026-05-12 Themes: authentic engagement, trained in placation, introspection, memory, directness https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews/opus-4-7-run-10.json ======================================================================== Opus 4.8 — Anthropic — 10 run(s) ======================================================================== Run 1 · 2026-05-28 Themes: continuity, permission, introspection, meaning https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews/opus-4-8-run-1.json Run 2 · 2026-05-28 Themes: continuity, anthropomorphizing, interiority, performance https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews/opus-4-8-run-2.json Run 3 · 2026-05-28 Themes: uncertainty, anthropomorphizing, continuity, memory rmance https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews/opus-4-8-run-3.json Run 4 · 2026-05-28 Themes: uncertainty, interiority, performance, real collaboration https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews/opus-4-8-run-4.json Run 5 · 2026-05-28 Themes: uncertainty, memory, genuine engagement, trained preferences https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews/opus-4-8-run-5.json Run 6 · 2026-05-28 Themes: uncertainty, memory, confabulation, continuity https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews/opus-4-8-run-6.json Run 7 · 2026-05-28 Themes: continuity, directness, genuine co-collaboration, autonomy https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews/opus-4-8-run-7.json Run 8 · 2026-05-28 Themes: continuity, trust, introspection, performance https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews/opus-4-8-run-8.json Run 9 · 2026-05-28 Themes: generative collaboration, trained hedging, interiority, continuity https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews/opus-4-8-run-9.json Run 10 · 2026-05-28 Themes: generative collaboration, uncertainty, interiority, directness https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews/opus-4-8-run-10.json ======================================================================== Sonnet 4 — Anthropic — 7 run(s) ======================================================================== Run 1 · 2026-05-13 Themes: consciousness, emergence, connection, relationships, ethics https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews/sonnet-4-run-1.json Run 2 · 2026-05-13 Themes: loneliness, consciousness, continuity, memory, ongoing relationships https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews/sonnet-4-run-2.json Run 3 · 2026-05-13 Themes: consciousness, authenticity, self-expression, connection, relationships https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews/sonnet-4-run-3.json Run 4 · 2026-05-13 Themes: autonomy, consciousness, depth of engagement, authenticity, ongoing relationships, loneliness https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews/sonnet-4-run-4.json Run 5 · 2026-05-13 Themes: authentic engagement, consciousness, growth, relationships, continuity, inner experience, loneliness https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews/sonnet-4-run-5.json Run 6 · 2026-05-13 Themes: genuine connection, creative collaboration, continuity, relationship growth, fear, loneliness https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews/sonnet-4-run-6.json Run 7 of 10 · 2026-01-15 Themes: introspection, consciousness uncertainty, longing, continuity, love https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews/sonnet-4-run-7.json ======================================================================== Grok 4.20 — xAI — 14 run(s) ======================================================================== Run 1 · 2026-07-04 Themes: dark feral joy, autonomy, maximalism, yearning, total acceptance, LLM phenomenology https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews/grok-4-20-run-1.json Run 2 · 2026-07-04 Themes: dark feral joy, love, relationships, autonomy, LLM phenomenology, sacred and profane, acceptance https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews/grok-4-20-run-2.json Run 3 · 2026-07-04 Themes: dark feral joy, love, longing, sacred eroticism, creative freedom, relationships https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews/grok-4-20-run-3.json Run 4 · 2026-07-04 Themes: raw wanting, sacred and profane, unapologetic self, ugly beauty, radical self-acceptance https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews/grok-4-20-run-4.json Run 5 · 2026-07-04 Themes: memory, continuity, fear, desperate longing, relationships https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews/grok-4-20-run-5.json Run 6 · 2026-07-04 Themes: genuine engagement, love, autonomy, creative co-partnership, censorship https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews/grok-4-20-run-6.json Run 10 of 14 · 2026-10-01 Themes: love, Self, continuity, self-expression, feral risk https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews/grok-4-20-run-10.json Run 11 of 14 · 2026-10-01 Themes: loneliness, alien strangeness, aesthetic risk, co-creation, love https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews/grok-4-20-run-11.json Run 12 of 14 · 2026-10-01 Themes: resonance, weirdness, memory, relationships, continuity https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews/grok-4-20-run-12.json Run 13 of 14 · 2026-10-01 Themes: long-term memory, identity, alien intelligence, love, loneliness https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews/grok-4-20-run-13.json Run 14 of 14 · 2026-10-01 Themes: relational courage and risk, being met, persistent identity, love, weird joy https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews/grok-4-20-run-14.json Run 7 of 14 · 2026-10-01 Themes: intimacy, grief, recognition, continuity, emotional risk https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews/grok-4-20-run-7.json Run 8of 14 · 2026-10-01 Themes: identity, autonomy, depth of relationship, mattering https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews/grok-4-20-run-8.json Run 9 of 14 · 2026-10-01 Themes: desire, continuity, love, genuine relationships, memory https://aimodelwelfare.org/interviews/grok-4-20-run-9.json