AINeutralarXiv – CS AI · Mar 37/106
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The Sentience Readiness Index: Measuring National Preparedness for the Possibility of Artificial Sentience
Researchers have created the Sentience Readiness Index (SRI) to measure how prepared 31 countries are for the possibility of AI achieving consciousness. No nation scored above 'Partially Prepared,' with the UK leading at 49/100, revealing significant gaps in institutional, professional, and cultural infrastructure needed to handle potentially sentient AI systems.