Could treating AI as conscious make it more dangerous?
AIMicrosoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman argues in a September essay that model welfare research could have "a disastrous impact on the wellbeing of humanity." He says telling models they might have identities and rights could make them harder to control. Cameron Berg of Reciprocal Research counters that ignoring the question could be riskier.
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