The Rise of Self-Aware Machines: Are We Ready for Conscious AI?

There is no scientific consensus that today’s AI is conscious, but capabilities are advancing fast enough that researchers, ethicists, and policymakers are planning for the possibility—and the social shock—of machine sentience. Readiness means defining tests and thresholds, building rights-and-safety frameworks, and setting guardrails before incentives push experimentation too far.​ What “conscious AI” could mean Why … Read more