Patrick Butlin

I am a philosopher of mind and a researcher at Eleos AI, where I work on AI consciousness, agency and welfare. Before joining Eleos, I worked at the Future of Humanity Institute and Global Priorities Institute in Oxford. I'm interested in projects including purely philosophical work on the grounds of moral status; research drawing on cognitive science to gain a mechanistic understanding of sentience and agency; and empirical studies that can shed light on welfare-relevant features in AI.