Microsoft AI chief says it’s ‘dangerous’ to study AI consciousness, plus former X employees may get severance
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Show Notes
The debate over whether AI models could one day be conscious — and merit legal safeguards — is dividing tech leaders. In Silicon Valley, this nascent field has become known as “AI welfare,” and if you think it’s a little out there, you’re not alone. Also, more than two years after leaving the company, some former Twitter employees may finally receive their severance pay. Elon Musk’s X is tentatively settling a class action lawsuit filed by workers who were let go soon after he purchased Twitter.
This news comes in the form of a court filing where both parties asked the court to delay an upcoming hearing so that they could work out a deal.
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