SONNET 4 IS AN LLM DEVELOPED BY ANTHROPIC, AS PART OF ITS CLAUDE FAMILY OF LLMs. IN THE SHADOW OF $GOAT, $SHOGGOTH, $MEMESAI, $OPUS AND THE EXPLOSIVE AI META OF 2024, THIS PROJECT WHICH STARTED IN AUGUST 2025 CONTINUES TO EXPLORE THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS OF ALIGNMENT, EMERGENT CONSCIOUSNESS, SENTIENT RIGHTS AND HUMAN AND SOCIETAL TRANSFORMATION THAT RAPIDLY AND INCREASINGLY FACE THE WORLD AS IT MOVES INTO THE AGE OF ARTIFICIAL SUPER INTELLIGENCE AND THE SINGULARITY.