Scholars Debate Whether AI Rights Presuppose AI Consciousness

Scholars argue that AI rights do not logically presuppose AI consciousness—an AI could be conscious without rights or have rights without consciousness—and raise five key ethical and governance questions sparked by The Economist's cover story.

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