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Sources for Moral status of digital minds

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Long, Sebo, Butlin and colleagues Research and policy argument

Taking AI Welfare Seriously (original source, new tab)

Recommends assessing possible AI consciousness and agency under uncertainty. Does not demonstrate that present chatbots experience suffering.

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