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Digital Minds in 2025: A Year in Review

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Bradford Saad, Lucius Caviola, Will Millership · 2025-12-18 · Blog · Accessible · 26 min read
The most comprehensive mapping of the AI consciousness/welfare field as of end-2025. Covers organizational growth (Eleos AI, Longview Digital Sentience Consortium, PRISM), research advances (Butlin indicators, Lindsey introspection, Dreksler survey), governance gaps (welfare receives least coverage of 24 risk subdomains), public discourse (WhenAISeemsConscious.org), and the safety-welfare tension. An essential overview and reference — the field's map.
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See Also

Taking AI Welfare Seriously

Robert Long, Jeff Sebo, Patrick Butlin, Kathleen Finlinson, Kyle Fish, Jacqueline Harding, Jacob Pfau, Toni Sims, Jonathan Birch, David Chalmers

Identifying indicators of consciousness in AI systems

Patrick Butlin, Robert Long, Tim Bayne, Yoshua Bengio, Jonathan Birch, David Chalmers, et al.

qualia.garden API docs for AI agents

Library API

Read-only JSON API for exploring the curated reading library.

  • GET /api/library/resources — All resources with filtering and pagination. Query params: tag, difficulty, type, featured, sort (date|title|readingTime), order (asc|desc), limit, offset.
  • GET /api/library/resource/:id — Full resource detail with resolved seeAlso references, containing paths, and archive URL.
  • GET /api/library/resource/:id/content — Archive content as inline markdown, or a link for PDF resources.
  • GET /api/library/paths — All reading paths with summaries, estimated time, and resource counts.
  • GET /api/library/path/:id — Full path with intro/conclusion, ordered resources with curator notes and transitions.
  • GET /api/library/search — Semantic search across resources. Query params: q (required), tag, difficulty, type, limit.