Taking AI Welfare Seriously: Long, Sebo, Chalmers Say AI Moral Status Is Near-Term
austinc3301 · x · 2026-10-01
The author cites the arXiv report Taking AI Welfare Seriously (Robert Long, Jeff Sebo, Patrick Butlin, Kyle Fish, David Chalmers et al.), arguing some AI systems may soon be conscious or robustly agentic. The report urges companies to: (1) acknowledge AI welfare as an important issue, (2) start assessing AI systems for evidence of consciousness and robust agency, and (3) prepare policies for appropriate moral concern — stressing uncertainty rather than claiming AI is definitely conscious.
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