Which systems/organisms are conscious? New tests for consciousness ('C-tests') are
urgently needed. There is persisting uncertainty about when consciousness arises in human …

Interactions with large language models (LLMs) have led to the suggestion that these
models may soon be conscious. From the perspective of neuroscience, this position is …

The emergence of large-scale pretrained language models has revolutionized the
capabilities of new AI application, especially in the realm of crafting chatbots with distinct …

Recent progress in artificial intelligence (AI) has drawn attention to the technology's
transformative potential, including what some see as its prospects for causing large‐scale …

What is it that makes a life valuable? A popular view is that life's moral worth depends in
some way on its relationship to consciousness or subjective experience. But a practical …

Technological advances raise new puzzles and challenges for cognitive science and the
study of how humans think about and interact with artificial intelligence (AI). For example, the …

This paper makes a simple case for extending moral consideration to some AI systems by
2030. It involves a normative premise and a descriptive premise. The normative premise is …

In this paper, we revisit the debate surrounding the Unfolding Argument (UA) against causal
structure theories of consciousness (as well as the hard-criteria research program it …

Can we conceive machines that can formulate autonomous intentions and make conscious
decisions? If so, how would this ability affect their ethical behavior? Some case studies help …

Many think that a specific aspect of phenomenal consciousness—valenced or affective
experience—is essential to consciousness's moral significance (valence sentientism). They …