AI Cognition Initiative at Rethink Priorities, "Introducing the Digital Consciousness Model"

About the Event
The Digital Consciousness Model is an initial attempt at providing a systematic, probabilistic assessment of our evidence for consciousness in AI systems and other biological species. It incorporates a range of leading theories and perspectives on consciousness to arrive at a broad-based assessment of the evidence. The speakers will explain the structure of the model and present its initial results. They will also outline how the model can be developed in the future and how it can serve as a unifying framework for organizing knowledge and tracking key developments in AI consciousness.

About the Speakers
Hayley Clatterbuck is a Senior Research Manager at Rethink Priorities and a Visiting Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of California- Los Angeles. Her research concerns questions about animal minds, evolutionary biology, and probability.

Derek Shiller is a Senior Researcher at Rethink Priorities. He has a PhD in philosophy and has written on topics in metaethics, consciousness, and the philosophy of probability. Before joining Rethink Priorities, Derek worked as the lead web developer for The Humane League.

Arvo Muñoz Morán is a Senior Researcher working on the Worldview Investigations Team at Rethink Priorities and also did work for Oxford's Global Priorities Institute. Before that, he was a Research Analyst at the Forethought Foundation for Global Priorities Research and earned an MPhil in Economics from Oxford. His background is in mathematics and philosophy.

This event is co-sponsored by the NYU Center for Mind, Brain, and Consciousness.