This report documents the history of research on AI rights and other moral consideration of artificial entities. It highlights key intellectual influences on this literature as well as research and academic discussion addressing the topic more directly. We find that researchers addressing AI rights have often seemed to be unaware of the work of colleagues whose interests overlap with their own. Academic interest in this topic has grown substantially in recent years; this reflects wider trends in academic research, but it seems that certain influential publications, the gradual, accumulating ubiquity of AI and robotic technology, and relevant news events may all have encouraged increased academic interest in this specific topic. We suggest four levers that, if pulled on in the future, might increase interest further: the adoption of publication strategies similar to those of the most successful previous contributors; increased engagement with adjacent academic fields and debates; the creation of specialized journals, conferences, and research institutions; and more exploration of legal rights for artificial entities.

本文介绍了关于AI权利和其他人工实体伦理考虑的研究历史，指出了对该领域的重要学术贡献和直接研究。我们发现研究AI权利的研究人员通常似乎没有意识到他们自己利益所重合的同事的工作。学术界对这一主题的兴趣近年来显著增长；这反映了学术研究的更广泛趋势，但似乎某些具有影响力的出版物，逐渐普及的AI和机器人技术，以及相关新闻事件可能都鼓励了学术界对这一特定主题的增加兴趣。我们建议未来可以从四个方面进一步推动这一领域的发展：采用类似于最成功之前贡献者的出版策略；加强与邻近学科领域和争议的交流；创建专业期刊、会议和研究机构；更深入地探索人工实体的法律权利。

人工智能权利研究历史