A new study shows that large language models make trade-offs to avoid pain, with possible implications for future AI welfare.

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On top of breakthroughs in animal language, the Earth Species Project expects improved interspecies understanding will foster greater appreciation for the planet in the face of climate change.

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Most AI experts agree that modern generative ... Instead the team used what animal behavioral scientists call a "trade-off" paradigm. "In the case of animals, these trade-offs might be based ...

Nearly a dozen miles off the California coast on a foggy October morning, a crane lifts a boxy yellow robot off the deck of the research vessel Rachel Carson and lowers it into Monterey Bay’s choppy ...

A new study shows that large language models make trade-offs to avoid pain, with possible implications for future AI welfare ...

The rise of AI reveals the differences between human and machine learning, sparking new insights into the human brain.

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