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Is your chatbot in distress? Many people, myself included, would scoff at this question. It is just computer code, optimised to predict the next word in a sequence. But some philosophers and psychologists say that we shouldn\u2019t be so quick to dismiss this question, perhaps even granting chatbots their own rights. They might have a point.<\/p>\n

In a recent academic paper, \u201cTaking AI Welfare Seriously<\/a>\u201c, one group of researchers argue for a precautionary approach to how we treat AIs. They don\u2019t look to answer the question of whether an AI is conscious or not<\/a>, but say we should start\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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