2 papers
cs.AI2025
Principles for Responsible AI Consciousness Research
Patrick Butlin, Theodoros Lappas
Recent research suggests that it may be possible to build conscious AI systems now or in the near future. Conscious AI systems would arguably deserve moral consideration, and it ma…
cs.CY2024
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…