Artificial Consciousness Initiative

Research

Publications and media from members of the initiative. As the pilot gets underway, new papers, public writing, and other work connected to the initiative will be collected here.

Publications

  • Forthcoming

    Andrew Y. Lee, “Consciousness & Continuity.”Philosophical Studies

  • Forthcoming

    Andrew Y. Lee, “The Light & the Room.” In Introducing Philosophy of Mind, Today, ed. Devin Curry and Louise Daoust.Routledge

  • Forthcoming

    Karina Vold, “Extended Cognition in the Age of Generative Artificial Intelligence.” In The Future of the Extended Mind, ed. K. Harris, R. Rupert, and T. Schlicht.Oxford University Press

  • Forthcoming

    A. Anderson, H. Kumar, L. Tay, and K. Vold, “We Need Large Language Models Optimized for Our Well-Being.”Position paper, International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML 2026)

  • Forthcoming

    D. R. Harris, K. Vold, H. Kumar, and A. Anderson, “A Taxonomy of AI Value Alignment: Subproblems, Approaches, and Limitations.”AAAI/ACM Conference on AI, Ethics, and Society (AIES 2026)

  • Forthcoming

    Gwen Bradford, “Consciousness and Irreplaceable Value.” In The Importance of Being Conscious, ed. Geoffrey Lee and Adam Pautz.Oxford University Press

Media

  • Apr 2026

    Gwen Bradford on theories of ill-being, The Ethical Frontier.Listen · Watch

  • Feb 2026

    Karina Vold on what social media for AI bots can tell us about consciousness, The Decibel, The Globe and Mail.Listen