Whether you love artificial intelligence technology or you think it should be eliminated entirely, there is no doubt that it has advanced very rapidly in recent years, and today it is able to do many ...

As I've previously discussed, epistemic uncertainty around artificial consciousness is no longer cheap. However, what should we do differently because of that uncertainty? This isn't about declaring ...

Of the 800m people using ChatGPT every week, only a vanishingly small number will have seriously considered whether ChatGPT might have experiences worth caring about. AI welfare — the project of ...

Can AI feel anything at all? Anthropic's in-house philosopher says the answer isn't settled. Amanda Askell, who works on shaping Claude's behavior, said in an episode of the "Hard Fork" podcast ...

Swiss scientists have published research showing AI-informed robots can learn how to self correct and teach other robots how to behave. It raises questions of consciousness in artificial intelligence.

In a move that signals how AI research is expanding beyond engineering, Google DeepMind has brought a philosopher on board.

The rapid advancement of AI models is inextricably linked to questions regarding machine consciousness. Some even predict ...

That's how Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman described Moltbook, a Reddit-style forum built entirely for bots. In a LinkedIn post on Monday, Suleyman said MoltBook is a powerful demonstration of how ...

An image generated by prompts to Google Gemini. (Courtesy of Joe Nalven) This column was composed in part by incorporating responses from a large-language model, a type of artificial intelligence ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

As artificial intelligence becomes embedded across the financial services value chain, a recurring question surfaces in boardrooms and leadership forums: Does AI have consciousness? The ...

In the often strange world of AI research, some people are exploring whether the machines should be able to unionize. Earlier this month, Anthropic said it gave its Claude chatbot the ability to ...