AI & the future of farmed animal welfare
- format
- Research and writing
- topic
- AI’s nearterm impact on animals · Longtermism and future suffering · Wild animal welfare · Artificial sentience · Neglected and emerging animal groups (e.g. fish, insects) · Macrostrategy, philosophy, and cause prioritisation · Other topic within Sentient Futures scope
- open to mentee proposals
- Yes, with the right mentee
mentored by
Walter VeitUniversity of Reading
Who I'm looking for
Willing to commit time to develop research and themselves as a researcher
Support offered
Working on a research output together, e.g. journal article or EA forum post, and providing research mentorship
Walter Veit
University of Reading
Dr. Walter Veit is an award-winning philosopher, author, and lecturer. He authored over 100 academic publications as well as several books on the nature of consciousness, evolutionary theory, and how we can understand what goes on in the minds of other animals. He has travelled all over the world to speak about his research, meeting the Dalai Lama in India, bomb-sniffing Rats in Tanzania, mischievous corvids in Cambridge, and self-aware cleaner fish in Japan.