# Rethink Priorities **Entity class:** Nonprofit research organization **Collections:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] · [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] **Canonical source article:** [[articles/Host-Indexed Autonomy|Host-Indexed Autonomy]] ## Definition **Rethink Priorities** conducts research intended to inform decisions under uncertainty. Its AI Cognition work includes the [[wiki/Digital Consciousness Model|Digital Consciousness Model]], a probabilistic framework for comparing evidence across theories and indicators rather than relying on one decisive consciousness test. ## Relationships - **Develops:** [[wiki/Digital Consciousness Model|Digital Consciousness Model]] through its AI Cognition Initiative. - **Fellowship partner:** [[wiki/Cambridge Digital Minds|Cambridge Digital Minds]] and [[wiki/PRISM (Partnership for Research Into Sentient Machines)|PRISM]] for the [[wiki/Digital Minds Fellowship|Digital Minds Fellowship]]. - **Researchers:** [[wiki/Derek Shiller|Derek Shiller]], [[wiki/Hayley Clatterbuck|Hayley Clatterbuck]], [[wiki/Arvo Munoz Moran|Arvo Muñoz Morán]], and [[wiki/Laura Duffy|Laura Duffy]]. - **Collection and source routes:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]], [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]], and [[articles/Host-Indexed Autonomy|Host-Indexed Autonomy]]. ## Sources - [Rethink Priorities — Digital Consciousness Model](https://rethinkpriorities.org/research-area/initial-results-of-the-digital-consciousness-model/) - [Cambridge Digital Minds — Fellowship Programme](https://digitalminds.cam/fellowship/)