Birch, Jonathan

Dimensions of Animal Consciousness

Birch, J., Schnell, A. K., & Clayton, N. S. (2020) · Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Philosophy and Theoretical SciencePrimate Behavior and Ecology

Cited by 406

Animal sentience and the precautionary principle

Birch, J. (2017) · Animal Sentience

Animal Law and WelfareAnimal testing and alternatives

Cited by 374

The search for invertebrate consciousness

Birch, J. (2022) · Noûs

Philosophy and Theoretical ScienceEmbodied and Extended Cognition

Cited by 254

The Edge of Sentience: Risk and Precaution in Humans, Other Animals, and AI

Birch, J. (2024)

Philosophy and Theoretical ScienceNeuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations

Cited by 236

Sentience in decapod crustaceans: a general framework and review of the evidence

Crump, A., Browning, H., Schnell, A., Burn, C., & Birch, J. (2022) · Animal Sentience

Crustacean biology and ecologyPhilosophy and Theoretical Science

Cited by 215

Consciousness in Artificial Intelligence: Insights from the Science of Consciousness

Butlin, P., Long, R., Elmoznino, E., Bengio, Y., Birch, J., Constant, A., Deane, G., Fleming, S. M., Frith, C., Ji, X., et al. (2023) · arXiv

Philosophy and Theoretical SciencePsychiatry, Mental Health, Neuroscience

Cited by 196

Unlimited Associative Learning and the origins of consciousness: a primer and some predictions

Birch, J., Ginsburg, S., & Jablonka, E. (2020) · Biology & Philosophy

Philosophy and Theoretical SciencePhilosophy of Biology and Scientific Explanation

Cited by 149

Can insects feel pain? A review of the neural and behavioural evidence

Gibbons, M., Crump, A., Barrett, M., Sarlak, S., Birch, J., & Chıttka, L. (2022) · Advances in Insect Physiology

Neurobiology and Insect Physiology ResearchAnimal Behavior and Welfare Studies

Cited by 121

Neural Organoids and the Precautionary Principle

Birch, J., & Browning, H. (2021) · The American Journal of Bioethics

Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical InnovationsBiomedical Ethics and Regulation

Cited by 88

Consciousness beyond the human case

LeDoux, J., Birch, J., Andrews, K., Clayton, N. S., Daw, N. D., Frith, C., Lau, H., Peters, M. A. K., Schneider, S., Seth, A., et al. (2023) · Current Biology

Philosophy and Theoretical ScienceEmbodied and Extended Cognition

Cited by 67

Identifying indicators of consciousness in AI systems

Butlin, P., Long, R., Bayne, T., Bengio, Y., Birch, J., Chalmers, D., Constant, A., Deane, G., Elmoznino, E., Fleming, S. M., et al. (2026) · Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Philosophy and Theoretical SciencePsychiatry, Mental Health, Neuroscience

Cited by 56

In Search of the Origins of Consciousness: Simona Ginsburg and Eva Jablonka: The Evolution of the Sensitive Soul: Learning and the Origins of Consciousness. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2019, 646pp, ISBN: 9780262039307

Birch, J. (2020) · Acta Biotheoretica

Philosophy and Theoretical ScienceEmbodied and Extended Cognition

Cited by 42

The influence of mental state attributions on trust in large language models

Colombatto, C., Birch, J., & Fleming, S. M. (2025) · Communications Psychology

Social Robot Interaction and HRIHuman-Automation Interaction and Safety

Cited by 34

Taking AI Welfare Seriously

Long, R., Sebo, J., Butlin, P., Finlinson, K., Fish, K., Harding, J., Pfau, J., Sims, T., Birch, J., & Chalmers, D. (2024) · arXiv

Ethics and Social Impacts of AILiterary and Philosophical Studies

Cited by 27

What will society think about AI consciousness? Lessons from the animal case

Caviola, L., Sebo, J., & Birch, J. (2025) · Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Philosophy and Theoretical ScienceEthics and Social Impacts of AI

Cited by 15

AI Consciousness: A Centrist Manifesto

Birch, J. (2025)

Philosophy and Theoretical ScienceEthics and Social Impacts of AI

Cited by 10

Can LLMs make trade-offs involving stipulated pain and pleasure states?

Keeling, G., Street, W., Stachaczyk, M., Zakharova, D., Comsa, I. M., Sakovych, A., Logothetis, I., Zhang, Z., Arcas, B. A. Y., & Birch, J. (2024) · arXiv

Psychiatry, Mental Health, NeurosciencePhilosophy and Theoretical Science

Cited by 3

The Concept of Sentience

Birch, J. (2024) · The Edge of Sentience

Philosophy and Theoretical SciencePhilosophical Ethics and Theory

Cited by 1