Affect Over Essence: Consciousness in the Age of AI
At the start of the month, I attended the AI and Sentience conference in Crete, hosted by the International Center for Consciousness Studies (ICCS).
AI Sentience, Welfare and Moral Status with Jeff Sebo
In the latest episode of Exploring Machine Consciousness, we welcomed Jeff Sebo, one of the world’s leading voices in moral philosophy. A professor at NYU and author of The Moral Circle: Who Matters, What Matters, and Why, Jeff joined to discuss AI welfare and moral status.
PRISM News: July 2025
The latest PRISM newsletter featuring new blog articles, upcoming events, new podcasts and a selection of academic and news articles.
The LaMDA Moment: What We Learned About AI Sentience
It's been three years since Blake Lemoine claimed that the natural language processing AI model known as LaMDA was sentient, and the intervening time has given us useful perspective on what was actually happening in that moment.
Organoids, LLMs, and tests for AI consciousness, with Prof Susan Schneider
In the second episode of Exploring Machine Consciousness, we welcomed philosopher and AI expert Professor Susan Schneider to discuss consciousness, quantum physics, and the future of intelligent machines.
Anticipating an Einstein moment in the understanding of consciousness, podcast with Henry Shevlin
We had a fascinating discussion with Henry Shevlin, Associate Director of the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, for the first episode of Exploring Machine Consciousness.
Our response to Anthropic’s model welfare initiative - conscious AI
Anthropic’s new 'Model Welfare' research represents a critical step toward understanding and addressing the potential emergence of machine consciousness.
Conscious AI Meetup: Neuromorphic Computing with Jason Eshragian
On 29 April at 5pm UK time we are delighted to host Jason Eshragian in the sixth in Conscium’s series of Meetups on the subject of artificial consciousness and related subjects.
Founding Partners Daniel Hulme and Calum Chase at #Ai2peace
Two of the founding partners of PRISM, Daniel Hulme and Calum Chase, were recently interviewed as part of #Ai2peace presented by Peace One Day.
PRISM News: Community, Scientific Advisors, and More
Thank you for joining us on our critical journey to promote responsible research into AI consciousness!
PRISM: Confronting a Future with Conscious Machines
We were overwhelmed by the enthusiasm for our inaugural workshop - The Path to Responsible Conscious AI.
New nonprofit PRISM launched to investigate AI sentience
PRISM, the ‘world’s first’ non-profit partnership dedicated to investigating and understanding sentient machines, launches today.
We’re heading to AI UK!
We’re thrilled to be launching PRISM with a workshop "The Path to Responsible Conscious AI” at AI UK 2025.