The NYU Center for Mind, Ethics, and Policy is thrilled to be hosting Ned Block for a talk on AI consciousness!
This talk will be held during our Mind, Ethics, and Policy Summit on April 10. Summit guests will attend in person, others can attend online.
RSVP 👇 Please join us!
Coming in 2027. My most personal book, and risky, I know. #AnimalsMatter @jeffsebo.bsky.social @raffaelfasel.bsky.social
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The book features contributions by Patricia Wiater (@fau.de), @visakurki.bsky.social (@helsinki.fi), Macarena Montes Franceschini (@harvard.edu), @jeffsebo.bsky.social (NYU), Malgosia Fitzmaurice (QMUL), Elien Verniers (Ghent), @evabernetkempers.bsky.social (@uantwerpen.be), ...
Apply to be a researcher and project manager at the NYU Center for Environmental and Animal Protection: apply.interfolio.com/181286
Apply to be a researcher and project manager at the NYU Center for Mind, Ethics, and Policy: apply.interfolio.com/181285
The NYU Center for Mind, Ethics, and Policy and the NYU Center for Environmental and Animal Protection are both hiring full-time researchers!
If you have strong research skills and an interest in animal and AI welfare (for CMEP) or food and wildlife science and policy (for CEAP), please apply!
Link: uscareers-nyu.icims.com/jobs/15301/a...
Are you an ops expert interested in farmed animal welfare, wild animal welfare, invertebrate welfare, and AI welfare?
The NYU Center for Mind, Ethics, and Policy and NYU Center for Environmental and Animal Protection are hiring an administrator.
Please apply, and please share!
The NYU Wild Animal Welfare Program is thrilled to be hosting an event on how cities can manage human-wildlife conflict! Join us for a preview of our upcoming report and discussion with Colin Jerolmack and Adalene Minelli.
Feb 23, 4pm ET, followed by a reception.
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Nice coverage of the NYU Food Impact Program launch event from Washington Square News!
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The Emotional Alignment Design Policy, Topoi, Eric Schwitzgebel & Jeff Sebo
My paper with @jeffsebo.bsky.social , "The Emotional Alignment Design Policy", now live at Topoi [link in comments].
Artificial entities should be designed to elicit emotional reactions from ordinary users that appropriately reflect the entities’ capacities and moral status, or lack thereof.
4/ Please apply if you have interest in the role, and please share with others who might have interest!
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3/ The postdoctoral associate will serve as the WILD Lab's science coordinator, leading empirical research and shaping policy recommendations in collaboration with colleagues in philosophy and law.
2/ The project, called the "Wildlife Inclusive Local Development Lab" (WILD Lab), advances science and policy related to the impacts of urban development on wild animal welfare.
1/ The NYU Wild Animal Welfare Program is hiring a Postdoctoral Associate!
The NYU Wild Animal Welfare Program is currently seeking a postdoctoral associate to join an interdisciplinary research project focused on wild animals in urban environments.
The IWRS is hiring! Help us build the infrastructure for invertebrate welfare research—from husbandry databases to educational resources. 🐛📖
Remote Research Scientist position, $55-60K. We will begin reviewing applications on March 15.
Learn more and apply here:
The NYU Center for Mind, Ethics, and Policy is thrilled to be hosting an online talk with legal scholar Andy Stawasz about why and how to include animal welfare in cost-benefit analyses. February 11, noon ET. Join us!
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On the Clearer Thinking Podcast, Spencer Greenberg and I discuss farmed animal welfare, wild animal welfare, AI welfare, and a variety of related issues.
Please give it a listen if you have interest, and please share with others who might!
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What is consciousness & who has it? Complex & evolving field…The author suggests “we should adopt different assumptions about the distribution of consciousness for different purposes in science.” Also In ethics. But “a default assumption of consciousness may often be best for both science & ethics.”
Announcing the NYU Food Impact Program! A new initiative that will examine the impacts of food systems and pathways towards reform. Housed within the Center for Environmental and Animal Protection and supported by a $3.75m donation for the first five years.
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New article! Should we assume entities have or lack consciousness until evidence establishes otherwise? I argue for accepting different assumptions for different purposes, including (1) scientific theory, (2) scientific practice, (3) ethical theory, and (4) ethical practice.
Please join the NYU Center for Mind, Ethics, and Policy on January 23 at 12pm ET for an event with the Rethink Priorities AI Cognition Initiative!
The event will introduce the Digital Consciousness Model—a probabilistic framework for assessing evidence for AI consciousness.
In a new paper, @jeffsebo.bsky.social and Toni Sims argue that insect research needs ethical oversight. Their article covers moral reasoning behind their argument and initial steps forward—including developing policies and methods for assessing welfare risks.
Full paper here:
Thank you @nytimes.com Magazine for including bonobo Kanzi in your remembrance of artists and innovators who died in 2025. I expected Jane Goodall, of course, but delighted to see you embrace a #multispecies memorial. #primates #Kanzi #JaneGoodall #anthropology #death #deathstudies
