Stakeholder Mapping: The Field of Artificial Consciousness V1 |
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We are currently working on a stakeholder mapping exercise to create a catalogue of organisations and individuals working in the field of artificial consciousness. We are continuing to build this list and would love your feedback to hear if we have missed anyone. Check it out here. |
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Podcast: Latest Episode with Clara Colombatto |
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In the latest episode of Exploring Machine Consciousness, we caught up with Clara Colombatto about her work on perceptions of other minds and AIs. She explains why folk intuitions ascribe consciousness to LLMs, how usage shapes trust, and why metacognition matters. Listen here. |
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Blog: The Illusions of Consciousness in AI Companionship |
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In this blog post, Louie Lang examines why users form emotional attachments to lifelike chatbots, how companies may exploit these bonds, and why transparency, ethical safeguards, and public awareness are essential to prevent misunderstanding and emotional manipulation. |
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Podcast: AI Risk Network: Am I? |
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Will Millership recently joined Cameron Berg and Milo Reed to discuss the field of AI consciousness. They address the recent comments by Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman about AI consciousness and discuss why rigorous scientific investigation into AI consciousness is more crucial than ever. Watch here. |
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Workshops on Artificial Consciousness |
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In September, we hosted a day of workshops on artificial consciousness in collaboration with Susan Schneider and the Center for the Future of AI, Mind & Society. We discussed policy in a world with artificial consciousness and concrete problems in the field today. More coming soon. |
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Meetup: The Challenges of Building Intelligent Agents With Benji Rosman |
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Our most recent meetup, in collaboration with Conscium, focused on one of the central challenges in AI: how to build intelligent agents that act rationally in the world. We were honoured to be joined by Professor Benji Rosman, who was recently named in The Times 100 Most Influential People in AI. |
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E5: Keith Frankish: Illusionism and Its Implications for Conscious AI In this episode, we discuss the theory of illusionism and its implications for AI consciousness. Frankish challenges the traditional understanding of consciousness by suggesting that our perception of it as a mysterious, non-physical phenomenon is an illusion. Listen. |
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E4: Mark Solms: Engineering Consciousness – Can Robots "Give a Damn?" In this episode, we ask: if we wanted to construct a conscious mind from scratch, what would we need? That is the question our guest, Professor Mark Solms, addressed in his book The Hidden Spring - a Journey to the Source of Consciousness. Listen. |
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A selection of recent interesting research, resources, and news articles looking at AI consciousness.
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Thank you for catching up with PRISM’s ongoing activities. Feel free to reach out if you want to learn more about our work.
Regards,
The PRISM Team |
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