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

Jeff Sebo and Andreas L. Mogensen (2025)

When AI Seems Conscious: Here’s What to Know

Adrià Moret, Bradford Saad, Derek Shiller, Jeff Sebo, Jonathan Simon, et al (2025)

Will Humanity Ever Fully Include the Nonhuman World in Its Moral Circle?

Jeff Sebo (2025)

Evidence of Consciousness in Newborns Has Implications for Their Care

Claudia Passos-Ferreira (2024)

The New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness

Kristin Andrews, Jonathan Birch, Jeff Sebo, and others (2024)

Elephants Have Feelings and Should Have Rights

Jeff Sebo (2023)

Fly on the Wall: Why Insects Matter

Carody Culver and Jeff Sebo (2023)

The Radical Implications of Justice for Animals

Jeff Sebo (2023)

Are We Ready for a Multispecies Westworld?

Leonie Bossert and Jeff Sebo (2023)

Principles for AI Welfare Research

Jeff Sebo (2023)

Animal

Jeff Sebo (2022)

Bridging Legal Longtermism and Animal Law

Andrew Stawasz and Jeff Sebo (2022)

Public speaking

Talks, panels, and other public speaking from our team.

The Moral Status of Bugs, Bots, and Other Beings

Jeff Sebo

  (2025)

The Moral Circle

Jeff Sebo (2025)

AI, Animals, and the Law: The Basics

Sankalpa Ghose, Jeff Sebo, and Joan Schaffner (2025)

Debate: To Shrimp or Not to Shrimp

Jeff Sebo, Lyman Stone, Peter Singer (2025)

The Coming AI Moral Crisis

Jeff Sebo (2025)

The Case for Integrating Animal and AI Welfare (Keynote Address)

Jeff Sebo (2025)

How AI Is Helping – and Harming – Animals

Jeff Sebo (2025)

What Do We Owe AI?

Jeff Sebo (2025)

The Moral Circle: Insects, AI Systems, and Other Beings Who Might Matter

Jeff Sebo (2025)

A Theory of Change for Animal and AI Welfare | Jeff Sebo | AIADM London 2025

Jeff Sebo (2025)

The Moral Circle UK Launch

Jeff Sebo, Kimberly Dill, John Adenitire (2025)

Who Matters More, a Bat, a Bee, a Bot?

Jeff Sebo (2025)

Coverage and interviews

Coverage of our work and interviews with our team.

Mexico Introduces Legislation to Federally Ban Octopus Farming

Article on introduction of bill that would ban octopus farming in Mexico that discusses the NY Delcaration on Consciousness. (2026)

 

AI & Animals: A Documentary

Documentary about AI and animal welfare that includes an interview with CMEP Director Jeff Sebo (2026)

 

AI and Animals: New Documentary Warns of ‘Factory Farming 2.0’

Coverage of AI and Animals: A Documentary (2026)

 

Why Scientists Are Still Puzzled by Consciousness

Article on human and nonhuman consciousness that discusses the NY Declaration on Animal Consciousness (2026)

 

Expanding the Moral Circle in an Age of New Minds

Article about The Moral Circle that summarizes themes from the book and a related discussion (2026)

 

AIs Are Chatting Among Themselves, and Things Are Getting Strange

Essay on Moltbook that references “Taking AI Welfare Seriously” (2026)

 

Whales Speak. What Would It Mean to Listen?

Article about whale communication translation that quotes Jeff Sebo (2026)

 

Ethics, Code, and Conscience: Technological Dilemmas

Article about AI welfare that discusses a precautionary stance (Spanish) (2026)

 

Ambitious Goals for Reducing Animal Suffering

Interview about farmed animal welfare, wild animal welfare, and AI welfare (2026)

 

Moral Concern for Bugs: Interview with Jeff Sebo

Interview about insect sentience and welfare (2026)

 

Why Consciousness Is the Hardest Problem in Science

Article about consciousness that discusses the New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness (2026)

 

Cats Or Cars, What Should Matter More?

Coverage of The Moral Circle (2026)