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We long misjudged animal consciousness. Could AI be next?

We shouldn’t be so quick to dismiss the notion that AIs could possess some form of consciousness, argues Jonathan Birch, professor of philosophy at the London School of Economics and Political Science and the director of its Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience. If it sounds far-fetched, consider that the emergent qualities of AI systems have surprised even their creators; until very recently, we underestimated the capacity for suffering in........

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