AI Welfare Seminars
Monthly online research talks on AI welfare, consciousness, and moral status.
Next talk
Saving Artificial Minds in 2027: Some Recent Trends in AI Welfare Research
Dec 15, 2026 at 6:00 PM UTC
Leonard Dung (Ruhr-University Bochum)
This talk would, first, present key themes of my book Saving Artificial Minds (published in 2025) and then survey key developments in AI welfare research since then. I would also present some opinionated views on these topics that are based on my work since the book publication and some other theories I endorse.
Past talks
2026
Oct 13
AI Welfare Without the Concept of ConsciousnessHerman Cappelen (University of Hong Kong)Recording soon
AI Welfare Without the Concept of ConsciousnessHerman Cappelen (University of Hong Kong)Recording soonSep 15
Do AIs take AI welfare seriously? An Agentic Benchmark of Unprompted CoercionJasmine Brazilek (CaML) and Zoe Lu (Sentient Futures)WatchTranscript
Do AIs take AI welfare seriously? An Agentic Benchmark of Unprompted CoercionJasmine Brazilek (CaML) and Zoe Lu (Sentient Futures)WatchTranscriptAug 18
Public Perceptions of AI Consciousness and Moral Status in the US and ChinaAli Ladak (University of Cambridge)WatchTranscript
Public Perceptions of AI Consciousness and Moral Status in the US and ChinaAli Ladak (University of Cambridge)WatchTranscript
About this series
AI welfare is the study of whether and how AI systems have morally significant states, and what follows from the answers. This seminar series brings together researchers from consciousness science, philosophy, ethics, governance and safety.