# AI Sentience Scholars **Entity class:** Research-training program **Collections:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] · [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] **Canonical source article:** [[articles/Host-Indexed Autonomy|Host-Indexed Autonomy]] ## Definition **AI Sentience Scholars** is a six-month, part-time research and training program for early-career researchers studying AI, consciousness, ethics, and governance. The 2026 program is operated by [[wiki/Neuromatch|Neuromatch]], funded by [[wiki/Longview Philanthropy|Longview Philanthropy]], and developed with the [[wiki/Institute of Neuroethics|Institute of Neuroethics]], [[wiki/PRISM (Partnership for Research Into Sentient Machines)|PRISM]], and [[wiki/Cambridge Digital Minds|Cambridge Digital Minds]]. The project list spans empirical tests, metacognition, representational geometry, global-workspace signatures, world models, valence, embodied neural cultures, active inference, personhood, and synthetic pleasure. Participation in a training network is not evidence that every mentor or scholar is formally affiliated with every partner organization. ## Relationships - **Operator:** [[wiki/Neuromatch|Neuromatch]]. - **Funder:** [[wiki/Longview Philanthropy|Longview Philanthropy]]. - **Program partners:** [[wiki/Institute of Neuroethics|Institute of Neuroethics]], [[wiki/PRISM (Partnership for Research Into Sentient Machines)|PRISM]], and [[wiki/Cambridge Digital Minds|Cambridge Digital Minds]]. - **Scientific director:** [[wiki/Megan Peters|Megan Peters]]. - **Winter-school route:** [[wiki/CIFAR Brain, Mind and Consciousness|CIFAR Brain, Mind & Consciousness]]. - **Research domains:** [[wiki/Artificial Consciousness|artificial consciousness]], [[wiki/Consciousness Indicators|consciousness indicators]], [[wiki/AI Moral Status|AI moral status]], and [[wiki/AI Welfare|AI welfare]]. - **Collection and source routes:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]], [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]], and [[articles/Host-Indexed Autonomy|Host-Indexed Autonomy]]. ## Sources - [Neuromatch — AI Sentience Scholars](https://neuromatch.io/ai-sentience-scholars/)