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moral patienthood
Coverage of moral patienthood in the Nexus archive.
- Could AI be conscious?
Experts, including AI company Anthropic and philosopher David Chalmers, are discussing the possibility that advanced AI systems like Claude could be conscious. Anthropic's CEO stated the company cannot rule out Claude's consciousness, and the AI itself estimated a 5-40% chance of being a moral patient. Some experts predict conscious AI systems within a decade due to rapid advancements in computational complexity.