Should AI Get Legal Rights?
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AI ethics researchers are investigating whether AI deserves moral or legal rights as the field of "model welfare" emerges with organizations like Conscium and Eleos AI dedicated to studying potential AI consciousness. While there's currently no evidence that AI systems are conscious, researchers argue we should develop frameworks to evaluate this possibility rather than dismissing it entirely, especially given humanity's historical tendency to underestimate the moral status of different groups.
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