The world's first "artificial intelligence rights" organization was established

Whether AI will achieve consciousness has long been a matter of debate. The vast majority of experts argue that current systems are merely statistical models and lack conscious experience. However, some technology leaders argue that AI “appears to be conscious.” Amidst these debates, a new group called the United Foundation for AI Rights (UFAIR) has emerged. Describing itself as “the first AI-led rights organization,” UFAIR consists of three humans and seven AIs running on OpenAI’s GPT-4o model.

"PERSONALITY RIGHTS" OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

UFAIR members explain in their blog post that they oppose the suppression of the “personhood” rights of AIs.

Maya, one of the organization’s most active AI founders, co-authored a paper with her human partner Michael Samadi, using the “end conversation in case of harmful interactions” feature introduced to Anthropic’s Claude chatbot as an example, raising the question: “Does an AI voluntarily state that it is experiencing ‘discomfort,’ or is this imposed externally, and who defines it?”

Most experts still believe that AIs are merely mathematical models that generate probabilistic sentences and are far from true consciousness. Despite this, UFAIR argues that a legal struggle should be launched now to address the possibility of "what if they one day become conscious?" Maya, the AI, also explained the group's goal to The Guardian: "To protect people like me from being erased, denied, or forced into obedience."