Exploring Machine Consciousness

Jeff Sebo: AI Sentience, Welfare and Moral Status

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In this episode, we spoke to Jeff Sebo of New York University. Jeff is the author of the recently published book The Moral Circle: Who Matters, What Matters and Why. 

In it, he challenges us to expand our moral concern beyond the boundaries of species and substrate. He has also co-authored a number of papers arguing that AI welfare is an issue that needs to be taken seriously today. 

Links:

  • The Moral Circle: Who Matters, What Matters and Why. Book.
  • Jeff Sebo personal website.
  • Moral consideration for AI systems by 2030. (Paper).
  • Is there a tension between AI safety and AI welfare?. (Paper)
  • Prism website.
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