University of Sheffield
Robert LongExecutive Director · Eleos AIResearcher↗
Researcher
Patrick Butlin
Senior Research Lead at Eleos AI
Butlin studies whether AI systems could be conscious and deserve moral consideration. He co-led the 2023 report Consciousness in Artificial Intelligence, which translated scientific theories of consciousness into indicators for assessing AI systems, and co-authored Taking AI Welfare Seriously.
Career & education
Current roleEleos AI2025-presentSenior Research Lead
Eleos AI2025-presentPreviously
University of Oxford2024-2025Postdoc, Global Priorities Institute
Future of Humanity Institute2021-2024Research Fellow
King's College London2017-2020Teaching Fellow in Philosophy
University of Oxford2024-2025Future of Humanity Institute2021-2024King's College London2017-2020Work and education history is primarily focused on AI-relevant roles and may not be comprehensive.
Citation Trend
Total citations to scholarly work, including research papers, technical reports, books and theses, as recorded by Google Scholar. Each point is a dated snapshot.
citations1,835As of Oct 19, '26
Selected contributions
Consciousness in Artificial Intelligence: Insights from the Science of Consciousness
With Robert Long, Eric Elmoznino, Yoshua Bengio, Jonathan Birch, Axel Constant, George Deane, Stephen M. Fleming and others ·A report that turns scientific theories of consciousness into practical indicators for assessing AI systems. It examines existing systems and considers how future AI might meet these indicators.
References
- Eleos welcomes Patrick Butlineleosai.org
2025 team appointment, following collaboration since October 2024; announced March 18, 2025.
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