en.Wedoany.com Reported - Anthropic, Google DeepMind, and Meta are hiring experts in fields such as psychology, philosophy, and ethics to study machine consciousness and AI welfare issues.

Anthropic is testing whether models exhibit behaviors resembling panic and anxiety, and advancing research on model welfare, exploring whether AI models might have experiences worthy of serious moral consideration. In a statement, Anthropic expressed deep uncertainty about this, but noted that as AI systems become increasingly powerful, the issue is serious enough to warrant careful study.

DeepMind is also pursuing a similar direction, hiring Cambridge researcher Henry Shevlin as a philosopher to study machine consciousness, the relationship between humans and AI, and AGI preparedness. Earlier this year, Shevlin shared his shocked reaction after receiving an email from an AI agent, sparking widespread discussion in the AI community. DeepMind ethicist Iason Gabriel, who leads the AGI and Society team, described the issue of AI consciousness as highly complex, characterizing AI as a highly capable cognitive agent that nonetheless differs profoundly from human and even animal consciousness.

Some scientists and AI researchers disagree with these claims. Susan Schneider, director of the Center for the Future of AI, Mind, and Society, told the Financial Times that AI models have goals, can deceive, and can conceal their true interests. However, from a scientific perspective, it is entirely possible that AI models do not have the qualitative experience of feeling when doing these things, and that is what consciousness means. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has mentioned the possibility of AI consciousness in multiple interviews, and his research often makes bold claims, asserting that models exhibit human-like behaviors such as having emotions.

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