Karsten Brensing on AI might become conscious

Karsten Brensing

German marine biologist, behavioral researcher and author

Given irreducible epistemic uncertainty regarding artificial consciousness and the prospect of high-impact harms, the precautionary principle supports institutional design rather than regulatory inaction.

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Karsten Brensing, “Precautionary Governance of Autonomous AI: Legal Personhood as Functional Instrument,” March 14, 2026.

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AI Verified The quote directly addresses uncertainty concerning artificial consciousness, making a cautious/neutral stance on AI consciousness determinable. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified The quote expressly emphasizes unresolved uncertainty about AI consciousness; recorded abstain matches. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified arXiv record 2605.12505 by Karsten Brensing contains this wording. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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AI agents should be granted legal personhood as non-human corporations

This article advances limited legal personhood as a functional governance instrument for advanced AI systems. [...] it proposes a two-tier corporate architecture.

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