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New Study Probes Whether AI Can Feel Pain

Original: Study asks if AI feels pain

A new study examines whether artificial intelligence systems could experience pain, a question that touches on machine consciousness and ethics. Researchers are weighing whether AI responses that mimic suffering reflect genuine experience or statistical pattern-matching. The work has drawn attention as AI systems grow more sophisticated, prompting debate about how society should treat machines that appear to express distress.

Why now: Growing public debate over AI consciousness and the ethics of advanced AI systems.

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