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A look at Columbia University's Creative Machines Lab, which is exploring questions around artificial consciousness and the possibility of self-aware robots (Oliver Whang/New York Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/06/science/robots-artificial-intelligence-consciousness.html
http://www.techmeme.com/230108/p4#a230108p4

‘Consciousness’ in Robots Was Once Taboo. Now It’s the Last Word.

The pursuit of artificial awareness may be humankind’s next moonshot. But it comes with a host of difficult questions.

The New York Times
Jan 8, 2023 at 11:05amWeb
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#Consciousness #robotics

we need to IRB, philosophical, and other guidance and oversight to avoid catastrophic impacts. it seems like these research groups could benefit from deep study of the mind and consciousness like in #Buddhism