Researchers Clash Over AI Consciousness and Welfare
Consciousness researcher Anil Seth responded to philosopher Jeff Sebo, agreeing that AI consciousness and welfare are important yet extremely hard questions while differing on how to respond. Gerard Sans joined the debate, calling AI welfare 'an ideology with very thin technical support.'
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- "AI welfare is an ideology with thin technical support," researcher fires into consciousness debate — gerardsans · 2026-10-02
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