The world’s top AI companies are devoting growing resources to a question many still regard as science fiction: what happens if AI becomes conscious?
Google DeepMind, Anthropic and Meta have hired experts in psychology, ethics and philosophy in recent months as they expand research into machine consciousness and AI welfare, according to several people familiar with the matter.
The efforts reflect a broader shift inside leading AI labs, where rapid advances in increasingly autonomous systems have revived questions about whether machines could one day possess subjective experience — and what obligations humans might have towards them if they do.
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