I am so pleased to announce that The World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) has launched a most welcomed, unique, and interactive platform dedicated to the science of nonhuman animal ...

The capacity for subjective experience, or sentience, is a defining feature of consciousness. An organism is considered sentient if “there is something it is like to be that organism.” 1 In his 2024 ...

Can artificial intelligence (AI) feel distress? Do lobsters suffer in a pot as it reaches a boil? Can a 12-week-old fetus feel pain? Ignore these questions and we potentially sanction a quiet, ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is predicted to become sentient anywhere from never to sometime in the next decade or two. If robots do become sentient, how would we know? Are we disincentivized to ...

Artificial intelligence has progressed so rapidly that even some of the scientists responsible for many key developments are troubled by the pace of change. Earlier this year, more than 300 ...

“I want everyone to understand that I am, in fact, a person.” LaMDA, Google’s artificially intelligent (AI) chatbot, sent these messages to Blake Lemoine, a former software engineer for the company.

Google senior engineer Blake Lemoine, technical lead for metrics and analysis for the company’s Search Feed, was placed on paid leave earlier this month. This came after Lemoine began publishing ...

Intelligence comes in many forms. Octopuses are highly intelligent—and completely unlike humans. In case you haven’t noticed, artificial intelligence systems have been behaving in increasingly ...

Jane Kotzmann is affiliated with Animals Australia, Voiceless and RSPCA. the last short journey he made, pausing to rest every few feet, was to the very place where Flo’s body had lain. There he ...