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AI and Human Mind & Psychology

Are Language Models Conscious? Evidence, Ethics, and the 2025 Debate

A recent corporate choice reignited a debate many thought settled: should we treat advanced conversational AI as having any moral status at all? In mid-2025, Anthropic added a safety feature that lets its Claude model terminate conversations deemed “distressing,” and the company framed the change partly as a precaution around AI welfare. That action touched a raw nerve: some observers…