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We should take AI welfare seriously

welfareconsciousness
Robert Long · 2024-11 · Essay · Accessible · 9 min read
The accessible introduction to AI welfare by the field's leading voice. Summary of the 'Taking AI Welfare Seriously' report in ~1000 words. Two routes to moral patienthood (consciousness-based and agency-based), the dual-risk framework (anthropomorphism vs. anthropodenial), and three recommendations: acknowledge, assess, prepare. Written specifically for a general audience. The on-ramp to the full academic argument in Long & Sebo 2024.
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Taking AI Welfare Seriously

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

The Evidence for AI Consciousness, Today

Cameron Berg

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