Hard Fork Discusses AI Consciousness and Welfare
Hard Fork (NYT) · rss · 2026-07-10
Beyond discussing social media age restrictions, this episode of Hard Fork features a deep dive with Jeff Sebo on "AI welfare" and whether AI could possess consciousness.
Relevant reading materials shared in the episode include:
- Studying A.I. Welfare Empirically
- A Global Workspace in Language Models
Rather than a generic debate on whether AI will gain consciousness, the discussion grounds itself in specific research and ethical frameworks, approaching the topic through both empirical study and theories of consciousness.
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