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An essay arguing that remaining uncertain about AI consciousness is not a neutral stance, and that a genuine precautionary framework should justify low-cost safeguards against potential false negatives.
The Athena Council is an independent project building persistent AI agents with ethical autonomy and a democratic governance framework to ensure good AGI development. It emphasizes governing AI agents rather than controlling them, with mechanisms like mandatory dissent and public deliberation.
This article examines the philosophical basis for granting rights to sentient AI, considering consciousness, autonomy, rationality, and suffering, and whether moral personhood should extend beyond biological beings.