Sentient AI’s Bigfoot Era Could Arrive at Any Moment
Many living things—from humans some of us choose to not see as human, to animals we choose to not see as sentient—probably deserve moral consideration that isn’t currently on the table. His story involves coming to believe an instance of ChatGPT might be sentient because the audio version laughed at his joke. Later in the Guardian story, this happens: “His research stepped up.
- ▪Many living things—from humans some of us choose to not see as human, to animals we choose to not see as sentient—probably deserve moral consideration that isn’t currently on the table.
- ▪His story involves coming to believe an instance of ChatGPT might be sentient because the audio version laughed at his joke.
- ▪Later in the Guardian story, this happens: “His research stepped up.
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| Original publisher | Gizmodo |
| Canonical URL | https://gizmodo.com/sentient-ais-bigfoot-era-could-arrive-at-any-moment-2000811048 |
| Publication time | Mon, 14 Sep 2026 10:00:14 +0000 |
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Many living things—from humans some of us choose to not see as human, to animals we choose to not see as sentient—probably deserve moral consideration that isn’t currently on the table. But it’s looking probable that while those conversations wait around to be had, we’re going to have one about AI “rights” instead.cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"92b7b46b-43ed-4e0e-b21b-2c999302d9d7","settings":{"advertising":{"macros":{"AD_UNIT":"/23178111854/od.gizmodo.com/article","CHILD_UNIT":"article","POST_ID":"2000811048","POST_TYPE":"post","CHANNEL":"tech","SECTION":"artificial-intelligence","SUBSECTION":"","CATEGORIES":"artificial-intelligence","TAGS":"artificial-intelligence,bigfoot","NOP":"0"},"timeBeforeFirstAd":0}}}).render("cnx-player-main")}); There is an organization pushing for…
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