Robert Long, Jeff Sebo, Patrick Butlin, Kathleen Finlinson, Kyle Fish, Jacqueline Harding, Jacob Pfau, Toni Sims, Jonathan Birch, David Chalmers · 2024 · arXiv
Argues there is a realistic chance that near-term systems are conscious or robustly agentic, and recommends that AI companies acknowledge the issue, assess their systems and prepare policies.