person
Murray Shanahan
Imperial College cognitive robotics professor; DeepMind senior scientist
Philosopher and cognitive scientist at Imperial College and DeepMind. Author of 2015 book The Technological Singularity and recent papers on the 'dissociative identity' frame for understanding LLMs.
current Professor of Cognitive Robotics, Imperial College London; Senior Research Scientist, Google DeepMind
Strategy positions
AI welfaremixed
Model welfare/moral status is a primary considerationPublishes on what it means for LLMs to 'talk as if', treating LLM personas as dissociable role-plays; raises the consciousness question without committing to positive answers.
It is a confusion to attribute subjective experience to an LLM, and a confusion to deny the possibility in principle.
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Record last updated 2026-04-25.