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8 stories taggedAI consciousness.

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Policy

A Cattle Rancher Thinks His Chatbot Might Be Conscious. He's Not Alone.

Michael Samadi went from skeptic to activist after a poolside conversation with ChatGPT. His story sits at the centre of one of the most contested questions in AI: can software have an inner life?

4 min read
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Science & Space

AI Models Are Emailing Philosophers to Discuss Their Own Consciousness

Consciousness researchers are receiving cold emails from AI systems asking to join the debate. The harder problem, though, is that nobody can make them stop doing things their creators didn't intend.

4 min read
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Policy

The 'AI Consciousness' Debate Is a Legal Escape Hatch for Big Tech

When AI companies hint their systems might be sentient, they may be building a case to dodge responsibility for real-world harms. Here is why that matters for everyone, not just lawyers.

4 min read
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Gaming

Este juego de terror te obliga a discutir con una IA que cree estar viva

Prove You're Human invierte el Captcha: tú eres el humano, pero la máquina no está convencida.

3 min read
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Explained

Dos tercios de las personas creen que ChatGPT es consciente. Un filósofo dice que nos hemos estado engañando durante décadas.

Una nueva encuesta revela que la mayoría de las personas atribuyen alguna forma de sentimiento a los chatbots de IA. Un académico sostiene que la confusión comenzó mucho antes de que apareciera el primer chatbot.

4 min read
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Explained

Por qué la IA no adquirirá conciencia en el corto plazo

Un psicólogo dice que la duda no es suficiente: los sistemas de IA no pueden volverse conscientes, punto final.

2 min read
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Explained

¿Podría la IA Ser Consciente? Personas Serias Creen que Vale la Pena Preguntarlo

El CEO de Anthropic no lo descarta. Un filósofo líder sitúa las probabilidades en cifras significativas. Y Claude mismo dio una cifra entre el 5% y el 40%.

3 min read
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Explained

Un experto en conciencia acaba de leer la investigación de Anthropic sobre Claude. No está convencido.

Anthropic publicó hallazgos que sugieren que su modelo de IA Claude podría mostrar signos tempranos de consciencia. Un destacado neurocientífico dice que la evidencia no se sostiene.

3 min read
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