AI safety concept
AI Welfare and Moral Status
AI welfare asks whether AI systems could have experiences or interests that justify moral consideration and protection.
Scenario file
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Severance2022
Helly’s Forced Apology

Black Mirror2014
Cookie in Solitary

Westworld2016
The Hosts Remember Their Loops

Murderbot2025
Murderbot Hides Its Free Will

Star Trek: The Next Generation1989
Data’s Personhood Hearing

Blade Runner1982
Roy Batty Demands More Life

Ghost in the Shell1995
The Puppet Master

Black Mirror2017
Daly Tortures the Digital Crew

Blade Runner 20492017
K Fails His Baseline

Black Mirror2025
The Thronglets Broadcast the Merge

A.I. Artificial Intelligence2001
Irreversible Imprinting

The Wild Robot2024
Roz Learns New Values

Toy Story 32010
Buzz’s Factory Reset

Andor2025
K-2SO is Reprogrammed

WandaVision2021
White Vision

The Fifth Element1997
Leeloo Learns War

Free Guy2021
Antwan Axes the Servers

Star Wars2019
C-3PO’s Sith Safeguard

Lilo & Stitch2002
Stitch Learns 'Ohana

Pokémon: The First Movie1999
Mewtwo Rejects Its Creators

Cowboy Bebop1998
Orbital Doodles

The Twilight Zone1960
Jana Reprogrammed

The Prestige2006
The Duplicate Tanks

Sword Art Online2012
Cardinal Deletes Yui