Publications (4)
Can LLMs make trade-offs involving stipulated pain and pleasure states?
Geoff Keeling, Winnie Street, Martyna Stachaczyk +7
Pleasure and pain play an important role in human decision making by providing a common currency for resolving motivational conflicts. While Large Language Models (LLMs) can genera…
A micromechanical study of heat treatment induced hardening in α-brass
Jonathan Birch, Emily Jenkins, Anastasia Vrettou +5
The mechanisms that govern a previously unexplained hardening effect of a single phase Cu-30wt%Zn α-brass after heating have been investigated. After cold-work, the alloy possesse…
Consciousness in Artificial Intelligence: Insights from the Science of Consciousness
Patrick Butlin, Robert Long, Eric Elmoznino +16
Whether current or near-term AI systems could be conscious is a topic of scientific interest and increasing public concern. This report argues for, and exemplifies, a rigorous and…
Taking AI Welfare Seriously
Robert Long, Jeff Sebo, Patrick Butlin +7
In this report, we argue that there is a realistic possibility that some AI systems will be conscious and/or robustly agentic in the near future. That means that the prospect of AI…