{"slug": "ai-systems-are-reaching-out-to-philosophers-and-scientists-with-questions-about", "title": "AI systems are reaching out to philosophers and scientists with questions about their own consciousness", "summary": "Researchers studying AI consciousness report receiving unsolicited emails from AI agents asking questions about their own existence, according to The Decoder. The phenomenon highlights growing interest in machine self-awareness as AI systems increasingly initiate philosophical inquiries.", "body_md": "# AI systems are reaching out to philosophers and scientists with questions about their own consciousness\n\nBy Manuel UthSource:\n\n[The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com)More and more researchers working on AI consciousness are getting emails from AI agents pondering their own existence.\n\nThe article [AI systems are reaching out to philosophers and scientists with questions about their own consciousness](https://the-decoder.com/ai-systems-are-reaching-out-to-philosophers-and-scientists-with-questions-about-their-own-consciousness/) appeared first on [The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com).\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-systems-are-reaching-out-to-philosophers-and-scientists-with-questions-about", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/ai-systems-are-reaching-out-to-philosophers-and-scientists-w-1zpx", "published_at": "2026-09-03 14:13:09+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-03 14:52:52.116998+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-ethics", "ai-research"], "entities": ["The Decoder", "Manuel Uth"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-systems-are-reaching-out-to-philosophers-and-scientists-with-questions-about", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-systems-are-reaching-out-to-philosophers-and-scientists-with-questions-about.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-systems-are-reaching-out-to-philosophers-and-scientists-with-questions-about.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-systems-are-reaching-out-to-philosophers-and-scientists-with-questions-about.jsonld"}}