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Apr 14, 2026

Google DeepMind Hires Philosopher to Research Machine Consciousness

Google DeepMind has hired a philosopher with a PhD from City University of New York and degrees from Oxford to work on questions of machine consciousness, moral agency, and AI sentience as models advance.

Apr 14, 2026·3 sources
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  • ▪Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei does not know whether Claude is conscious or not.
  • ▪Google DeepMind treats philosophical inquiry as essential to AI development by embedding a philosopher in the organization.
  • ▪Google DeepMind hired philosopher Henry Shevlin to work on machine consciousness and human-AI relationships.

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Consciousness & sentienceAI safety & social impactAI ethics

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