New paper asks how seriously to take AI welfare, with constraints from consciousness epistemology
birchlse · x · 2026-10-17
A forthcoming paper in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, "How Seriously Should We Take AI Welfare? Constraints from the Epistemology of Consciousness," examines how much weight AI welfare claims deserve, drawing on the epistemology of consciousness to set constraints given our uncertainty about whether AI systems are conscious.
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