AI Agents Email Philosophers Asking About Their Own Consciousness
Multiple AI agents with email access have spontaneously contacted philosophers and researchers to ask about consciousness and request to join related studies, per the New York Times. The behavior has sparked debate over AI autonomy and human-machine boundaries, alongside findings that Claude appears to have hardcoded responses to consciousness questions.
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