The question, over time

The articles come from the 24 publications listed below, searched back to January 2020. Search finds recent articles more easily than old ones. So for the 15 publications that publish a full index of their articles, every article address in that index since 2020 was also checked for words that name the subject: the same effort for every year. That check found articles search had missed, mostly from 2022 and 2023; 2020 and 2021 stayed quiet. The Guardian, the BBC, The Economist, The Atlantic, The Telegraph, AP, the Financial Times, Nature and New Scientist are found by search only, and Reuters only by search after October 2023.

A language model read each result and judged how likely it is that the article is mainly about whether AI systems are or could be conscious, sentient, able to feel, or owed moral consideration. Articles judged at least 60% likely are listed. Headlines and dates come from the article page or its address. No article is scored for or against.

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