Public Engagement
We share our research not only with researchers but also with practitioners, policymakers and the general public. This page surveys our public speaking, our public writing, and coverage and interviews of our work on animal and AI welfare.
“Universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality.” – Arthur Schopenhauer
Public writing
Op-eds, essays, and other public writing from our team.
The Ant You Can Save
When AI Seems Conscious: Here’s What to Know
Will Humanity Ever Fully Include the Nonhuman World in Its Moral Circle?
Evidence of Consciousness in Newborns Has Implications for Their Care
The New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness
Elephants Have Feelings and Should Have Rights
Fly on the Wall: Why Insects Matter
The Radical Implications of Justice for Animals
Are We Ready for a Multispecies Westworld?
Principles for AI Welfare Research
Animal
Bridging Legal Longtermism and Animal Law
Public speaking
Talks, panels, and other public speaking from our team.
The Moral Status of Bugs, Bots, and Other Beings
The Moral Circle
AI, Animals, and the Law: The Basics
Debate: To Shrimp or Not to Shrimp
The Coming AI Moral Crisis
The Case for Integrating Animal and AI Welfare (Keynote Address)
How AI Is Helping – and Harming – Animals
What Do We Owe AI?
The Moral Circle: Insects, AI Systems, and Other Beings Who Might Matter
A Theory of Change for Animal and AI Welfare | Jeff Sebo | AIADM London 2025
The Moral Circle UK Launch
Who Matters More, a Bat, a Bee, a Bot?
Interview
Do All Creatures, Great and Small, and Made from Silicon, Have Rights?
EconTalk
2025
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Coverage and interviews
Coverage of our work and interviews with our team.
Ethics, Code, and Conscience: Technological Dilemmas
Ambitious Goals for Reducing Animal Suffering
Moral Concern for Bugs: Interview with Jeff Sebo
Why Consciousness Is the Hardest Problem in Science
Cats Or Cars, What Should Matter More?
Consciousness May Not Be Uniquely Human, New Theories Suggest—Rewriting Everything We Know About the Mind
AI Consciousness Explained: What Counts as Evidence, Anthropic, and Lessons from Animals
Jeff Sebo on Expanding the Moral Circle: Animals, Insects, AI, and Who Really Matters
AI, Animals, and The Moral Circle
Inside the Debate Over AI Consciousness
B.C. Floods a Reminder that Climate Resilience Must Include Animals
Tech Wants You to Believe that AI Is Conscious
Coverage
Plans Must Be Made for Sentient AI, Animal Researchers Argue
The Hill
October 31 2024
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