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Conor Purcell

Science Journalist, Dublin, Ireland

Conor Purcell is an award-winning science journalist who writes on science and its role in society and culture. He has a PhD in Earth science and is a former journalist-in-residence at the Max Planck’s Albert Einstein Institute in Germany.

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Photo of an old computer monitor discarded in nature, surrounded by grass and twigs under a cloudy sky.

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Can machines suffer?

We once denied the suffering of animals in pain. As AIs grow more complex, we run the danger of making the same mistake

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