Following the release of the teaser earlier this year, Animal Ethics has now launched AI & Animals: A Documentary. The full film is freely available to watch and share at www.AIandAnimals.org.

The documentary examines how advances in AI may affect the lives of nonhuman animals, both negatively and positively. It features 16 advocates and academics discussing:

• How AI systems could increase animal suffering in factory farming
• How AI-driven research and monitoring can scale efforts to reduce wild animal suffering, and help develop research methods that do not harm animals?
• The risks of embedding speciesist values in large language models and other AI systems, and what can be done about them
• How animal advocates can use AI tools to increase the effectiveness and reach of their work

Contributors include Peter Singer, Jonathan Birch, Jeff Sebo, Oscar Horta, Bernice Bovenkerk, Matti Wilks, and others. The full list is available at AIandAnimals.org.

Most animal advocates are still unaware of the risks and opportunities that AI presents for animals. Meanwhile, the industry is already using AI to increase the efficiency of animal exploitation. History has shown us the cost of being reactive rather than proactive. We failed [...]

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