Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman says he fears AI may one day demand rights, citizenship

Microsoft AI Chief Mustafa Suleyman has stated that he is worried about AI systems seeming too alive. Suleyman, while talking about the phenomenon of “AI psychosis,” said that these new models are capable of convincing users that they have feelings and are seemingly conscious.

Suleyman, however, isn’t talking about a doomsday scenario where AI actually becomes smart enough to understand these things and take over the world, but rather a situation where people start forming delusions about their AI—such as thinking it is a god, a lover, or a digital person—believing it to be conscious.