#AI consciousness
8 stories taggedAI consciousness.
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?
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.
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.
This horror game makes you argue with an AI that thinks it's alive
Prove You're Human flips the Captcha on its head: you are the human, but the machine is not convinced.
Two-thirds of people think ChatGPT is conscious. A philosopher says we've been fooling ourselves for decades.
A new survey finds most people attribute some form of feeling to AI chatbots. One scholar argues the confusion started long before the first chatbot appeared.
Why AI Won't Gain Consciousness Anytime Soon
A psychologist says doubt isn't strong enough: AI systems can't become conscious, full stop.
Could AI Actually Be Conscious? Serious People Think It's Worth Asking
Anthropic's CEO won't rule it out. A leading philosopher puts the odds at significant. And Claude itself gave a figure somewhere between 5% and 40%.
A consciousness expert just read Anthropic's Claude research. He is not convinced.
Anthropic published findings hinting that its AI model Claude might show early signs of consciousness. A leading brain scientist says the evidence does not hold up.