The world’s top AI companies aren’t only racing to build the best models, but they seem to be actively pursuing questions of whether these powerful models could have something akin to consciousness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Google appears to have held a conference on AI consciousness with researchers and academics. At least two researchers posted on X about the conference. Jonathan Birch, who is a Professor at London School Of Ecomomics studying philosophy of science, animal consciousness, and animal ethics, posted about the conference on X with a picture of Google’s New York office. “It’s been a long road from Google sacking Blake Lemoine to Google summoning various consciousness experts to NYC to debate the possibility of conscious AI – but that’s where I am today,” he said on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jeff Sabo, who is an Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, Director of the Center for Environmental & Animal Protection & the Center for Mind, Ethics, & Policy at New York University, also attended the event. “This week I joined a Google conference on AI consciousness, followed by a GW Law conference on AI for animals. Different topics, same core question: How can we make AI safe and beneficial for all stakeholders, not merely ourselves? Exciting to see work on this question expanding,” he posted on X.
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