#AI is already shaping the future of animals—and if it runs factory farms, billions of lives could be controlled by these systems.
How should we design AI when so many lives are at stake?
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#FactoryFarming #AnimalEthics #PeterSinger
In 2010, #Korea became the first country ever to move from aid recipient to donor, its wealth built within a stable global order and free trade.
What do successful businesses owe?
Profit for Good suggests one answer: 10% of profits to the most effective causes.
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I recently sat down for an interview with Jack Symes.
We discuss why animal suffering matters morally, whether speciesism is comparable to racism, and examine thought experiments to test our intuitions.
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#PeterSinger #AnimalLiberation #Ethics
I was privileged to know Jane Goodall, and even to have some influence on the extension of her concern from chimpanzees and other free-living animals to animals confined in factory farms. I'm pleased that there will be a series of panels honouring her life and legacy.
I was privileged to know Jane Goodall, and even to have some influence on the extension of her concern from chimpanzees and other free-living animals to animals confined in factory farms. I'm pleased that there will be a series of panels honouring her life and legacy.
In my new Project Syndicate article, co-authored with Savita Pawnday, we explain why the idea, adopted by the UN, that there is an international Responsibility to Protect cannot be used to justify the war on Iran.
R2P was meant to prevent atrocities, not to provide cover for military intervention.
If we are going to rely on AI in high-stakes areas like healthcare and justice, we need to think carefully about the values we are encoding.
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some examples of apparent bias, and ask: When AI gets it wrong, who is responsible?
Can AI systems weigh interests impartially or do they simply reflect our own flawed judgments at scale?
I recently spoke with Human Layer AI about whether artificial intelligence can make moral decisions. Utilitarians should like that if AI is better at impartially maximising the well-being of all. But when we try to build utilitarian reasoning into machines, things can go wrong. We discuss...
that the same amount of money could either “save a child’s life” or extend someone’s life by only a short time.
These are differences that people often underestimate.
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Not all ways of helping are equal.
In the latest episode of “Lives Well Lived”, we speak with Will MacAskill about why effectiveness matters when we try to do good.
He points out that donating to a highly effective organisation can do “hundreds or even thousands of times as much good,” and...
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He suggests we should begin by asking “what the world needs” and “what sorts of person and aptitudes are most needed,” and then consider where we might fit.
In some cases, that may mean working directly on a problem. In others, it could mean earning more in order to give more.
Many people think about their career by asking what they most want to do. But that may not be the best place to start.
In the latest episode of “Lives Well Lived”, we speak with Will MacAskill about how to think differently about work and impact.
What does Will MacAskill think of the state of EA today? He tells us in the latest episode of Lives Well Lived.
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Will MacAskill and Toby Ord were the key figures in starting the Effective Altruism movement, nearly 20 years ago. Today, EA is continuing to transform philanthropy, saving lives and reducing suffering. But the movement has also encountered problems and pushback.
If access depends on flawed metrics, those who need treatment most may still miss out.
I explore the ethical implications in this piece, co-authored with Dr Aditi Kantipuly.
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Semaglutide is going off-patent in India. That should make it cheaper and more widely available. But a deeper question remains: who actually gets access?
In countries like India, using BMI alone to determine eligibility risks excluding many people who face serious health risks at lower thresholds.
In a globalised world, everything we eat, wear, and use has impacts. Zoe’s suggestion is straightforward: inquire into the effects of your choices and ask whether they align with your values. That, she argues, is how we begin to live with integrity.
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In the latest episode of “Lives Well Lived”, we spoke with educator and author Zoe Weil about a simple idea inspired by Mahatma Gandhi.
Gandhi once said, “My life is my message.” Zoe takes that seriously. Whether we realise it or not, our lives are our message too.
Campaigns often reward those who are most visible, most connected, or best able to tell a compelling story, rather than those whose needs are greatest.
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Crowdfunding can feel like a compassionate response to people in need. But does it actually help those who need help most?
In a new column for Project Syndicate, Gregory E. Pence and I examine the ethical problems with platforms like GoFundMe.
Her approach is simple: roll up your sleeves and get to work. The hope may return. And if it doesn’t, there is still work to be done, and meaning to be found in doing it.
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Zoe made a point that struck me. Hope, she says, is an emotion. It comes and goes. What matters more is whether, when you look in the mirror, you can respect the person you’re looking at.
In the latest episode of “Lives Well Lived”, we spoke with educator and author Zoe Weil about hope, despair, and what keeps us going in difficult times.
In the U.S., tens of millions of chickens and turkeys on factory farms have been killed in the last few years by being deliberately heated to death. It takes them hours to die.
This unbelievably cruel method is legal everywhere in the US. Now Colorado might become the first state to ban it.
