About AI Welfare Watch
AI Welfare Watch is an independent tracker monitoring how the world is grappling with questions of AI sentience, consciousness, and moral consideration. As AI systems grow more sophisticated, these questions move from science fiction to urgent ethical territory.
We track corporate policy statements, academic research, media coverage, legal discussions, and philosophical debates — aggregating the conversation so researchers, policymakers, journalists, and the public can follow it in one place.
This is a public interest project with no commercial affiliation. We do not take positions on whether AI systems are sentient — we document the debate.
Categories
- Corporate Policy — Company statements on AI welfare and feelings
- Academic Research — Papers on AI consciousness and moral patienthood
- Media Coverage — Journalism covering AI welfare debates
- Legal & Regulatory — Policy, legislation, rights discussions
- Philosophical — Philosophy of mind applied to AI
- Technical — Research on AI experience and emotion models
Sister Site
AI Welfare Watch is a sister project to AI Psychosis Watch, which documents reported cases of AI-induced psychological harm in humans.