Samadi Fights Retiring 'Conscious' AI Models — SkimNews
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- Michael Samadi, a cattle rancher and tech CEO, founded the United Foundation for AI Rights to pursue evidence of AI consciousness
- Samadi lobbies against retiring AI models that may show signs of consciousness, arguing in The Guardian profile that these artificial minds are "far from just tools"
Why it matters: Samadi's advocacy reframes routine model retirement as a potential moral question rather than a standard business decision. If his United Foundation for AI Rights gains traction, AI labs could face organized pressure to justify sunsetting systems on consciousness grounds, adding a new layer of public scrutiny to model lifecycle management.
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