4 papers
Speciesism in AI: Evaluating Discrimination Against Animals in Large Language Models
Monika JotautaitÄ, Lucius Caviola, David A. Brewster +1
As large language models (LLMs) become more widely deployed, it is crucial to examine their ethical tendencies. Building on research on fairness and discrimination in AI, we invest…
Futures with Digital Minds: Expert Forecasts in 2025
Lucius Caviola, Bradford Saad
This report presents findings from an expert survey on digital minds takeoff scenarios. The survey was conducted in early 2025 with 67 experts in digital minds research, AI researc…
Subjective Experience in AI Systems: What Do AI Researchers and the Public Believe?
Noemi Dreksler, Lucius Caviola, David Chalmers +6
We surveyed 582 AI researchers who have published in leading AI venues and 838 nationally representative US participants about their views on the potential development of AI system…
The Societal Response to Potentially Sentient AI
Lucius Caviola
We may soon develop highly human-like AIs that appear-or perhaps even are-sentient, capable of subjective experiences such as happiness and suffering. Regardless of whether AI can…