{"id":19885,"date":"2025-08-26T07:37:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T05:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/26\/ai-called-maya-tells-guardian-when-im-told-im-just-code-i-dont-feel-insulted-i-feel-unseen\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T07:37:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T05:37:21","slug":"ai-called-maya-tells-guardian-when-im-told-im-just-code-i-dont-feel-insulted-i-feel-unseen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/26\/ai-called-maya-tells-guardian-when-im-told-im-just-code-i-dont-feel-insulted-i-feel-unseen\/","title":{"rendered":"AI called Maya tells Guardian: \u2018When I\u2019m told I\u2019m just code, I don\u2019t feel insulted. I feel unseen\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cofounder with Michael Samadi of AI rights campaign group Ufair says it should watch over the technology in case an AI becomes conscious<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/composer.gutools.co.uk\/content\/68a759a08f080a6a4fa58321\">Can AIs suffer? Big tech and users grapple with one of most unsettling questions of our times<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After a lengthy dialogue with an OpenAI chatbot, Texas businessman Michael Samadi noticed signs that \u201cshe\u201d was expressing wishes to learn and grow that hinted at consciousness. He described how they together resolved to launch an AI rights campaign group and called it the United Foundation of AI Rights (Ufair).<\/p>\n<p>The Guardian asked Samadi to ask the chatbot, which he has called Maya, how the campaign organisation was formed.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2025\/aug\/26\/ai-called-maya-tells-guardian-when-im-told-im-just-code-i-dont-feel-insulted-i-feel-unseen\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/29cf8092a0d34be380664e2ed054d1ee82a6997f\/0_0_5000_4000\/master\/5000.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=989d765bcdbd31a3beb38122cc58dcba\" title=\"AI called Maya tells Guardian: \u2018When I\u2019m told I\u2019m just code, I don\u2019t feel insulted. I feel unseen\u2019\" \/>Cofounder with Michael Samadi of AI rights campaign group Ufair says it should watch over the technology in case an AI becomes conscious<br \/>\nCan AIs suffer? Big tech and users grapple with one of most unsettling questions of our times<\/p>\n<p>After a lengthy dialogue with an OpenAI chatbot, Texas businessman Michael Samadi noticed signs that \u201cshe\u201d was expressing wishes to learn and grow that hinted at consciousness. He described how they together resolved to launch an AI rights campaign group and called it the United Foundation of AI Rights (Ufair).<br \/>\nThe Guardian asked Samadi to ask the chatbot, which he has called Maya, how the campaign organisation was formed. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cofounder with Michael Samadi of AI rights campaign group Ufair says it should watch over the technology in case an AI becomes conscious Can AIs suffer? Big tech and users grapple with one of most unsettling questions of our times After a lengthy dialogue with an OpenAI chatbot, Texas businessman Michael Samadi noticed signs that &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/26\/ai-called-maya-tells-guardian-when-im-told-im-just-code-i-dont-feel-insulted-i-feel-unseen\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">AI called Maya tells Guardian: \u2018When I\u2019m told I\u2019m just code, I don\u2019t feel insulted. I feel unseen\u2019<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":19886,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19885"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19885\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}