IEEE Spectrum Explores AI Model Welfare: Could Treating AI as Conscious Make It More Dangerous?
mmitchell_ai · x · 2026-10-24
IEEE Spectrum publishes a well-crafted deep dive on AI model welfare, centered on a contentious question: could treating AI as conscious make it more dangerous? The piece features input from Margaret Mitchell, consciousness researcher Anil Seth, and Cameron Berg, with Mitchell closing on the topic of model "bugs." Mitchell endorses it as an important topic in AI right now.
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