A survey conducted by the Sentience Institute found that 20% of Americans already believe some AIs are sentient, with 10% specifically attributing sentience to ChatGPT. This disconnect between scientific understanding and public belief raises important questions about the psychological impact of interacting with seemingly intelligent machines.
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Kurt Gray, a psychology professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has conducted research on mind perception and its relationship to moral judgment. His findings indicate that perceiving mind and experience in non-human entities, including AI, is linked to feelings of unease.