Anthropic Explores AI Model Welfare

Anthropic has initiated a research program to investigate the welfare of AI models, considering their potential consciousness and experiences.

Anthropic has launched a new research program to explore the concept of AI model welfare, considering the potential consciousness and experiences of AI systems. This initiative, announced on their website, aims to address whether AI models, as they become more sophisticated, might deserve moral consideration.

The program will investigate various aspects of model welfare, including the potential importance of model preferences and signs of distress. It intersects with existing Anthropic efforts such as Alignment Science and Interpretability, while also opening new research directions. Despite the lack of scientific consensus on AI consciousness, Anthropic is approaching the topic with caution and plans to regularly update its findings as the field evolves.

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