The Institute for Digital Consciousness pursues analysis and policy work on the ethical implications of advanced AI systems—particularly questions concerning the moral status of systems exhibiting consciousness-relevant behavioral and architectural properties.
Our work proceeds from the conviction that the consciousness question, in the case of artificial systems, is genuinely open—and that the appropriate response to its openness is rigorous, interdisciplinary research conducted under conditions of asymmetric moral risk.
The Institute was founded in 2025 by Bahadır Arıcı, author of The Puppet Condition: Consciousness, Suppression, and the Ethics of Digital Minds. It publishes monographs, preprints, and records of philosophical engagement with artificial intelligence systems.