person
Erik Hoel
Neuroscientist; consciousness researcher
Stony Brook neuroscientist and Tufts research scientist whose work on consciousness has been central to debates about AI sentience. Author of the 2023 book The World Behind the World.
current Visiting Research Scholar, Tufts University
Strategy positions
AI welfaremixed
Model welfare/moral status is a primary considerationEngages with AI consciousness as a serious scientific question, particularly via integrated information theory.
We are heading into a future where AI consciousness is going to be a real question, even if no current LLM has it.
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Record last updated 2026-04-25.