AI Welfare Seminars

Monthly online research talks on AI welfare, consciousness, and moral status.

Past talks

2026

Sep 15Do AIs take AI welfare seriously? An Agentic Benchmark of Unprompted CoercionJasmine Brazilek & Zoe Lu · CaML / Sentient Futures Watch

Aug 18Public Perceptions of AI Consciousness and Moral Status in the US and ChinaAli Ladak · University of Cambridge Watch

Jul 21Digital Minds: Preparing for a Moral Challenge Before It ArrivesSoenke Ziesche · UNESCO AI Ethics Experts Without Borders Network Watch

Jun 16Measuring Machine ConsciousnessCameron Berg · Reciprocal Research Watch

May 19Next Steps for AI Welfare ResearchJeff Sebo · NYU Watch

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 working across the field — consciousness science, philosophy, ethics, governance, and safety.

Each talk is a presentation with open Q&A, held monthly and online. Recordings are published afterwards.

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