Sentient Futures
@sentfutures
Building tomorrow for all who feel
๐๐ถ๐ด ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐: ๐๐ฒ'๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐ Over the next few days, you'll see our name and brand changing across all our platforms. Next week, we'll share more about why we're making this transition from AI for Animals --> Sentient Futures.โฆ
๐๐๐ฌ๐ ๐: ๐ข๐๐ฟ ๐๐, ๐๐ป๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐น๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐บ! ๐ฎ We're particularly excited about this retro as it dives deep into the content from our conference and unconferenceโฆ
An impressive and dizzying repository of all the theories of consciousness. loc.closertotruth.com
We did it!๐The EUโs new General-Purpose AI Code of Practice now includes a "non-human welfare" clause. While not legally binding, it sets an important precedentโencouraging AI developers to assess risks to animal welfare ๐๐ฆand potentially AI welfare ๐คtoo!
Huge thank you to @ConLiCats and @AI_forAnimals for the opportunity to organise it! Read the retro here ๐ forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/HJg3CGW4โฆ
๐ฅ Excited to share that the recording of my presentation "AI Welfare Risks" from the AIADM London 2025 @AI_forAnimals Conference is now live! I make the case for near-term AI welfare and propose 4 concrete policies for leading AI companies. youtube.com/watch?v=R6w4s3โฆ
I just curated @arturskanepajs and @ConLiCats's post 'Road to AnimalHarmBench' where they tell the story of getting from an idea -> a benchmark to test risk of harm to non-human animals from LLMs... in 3 months. And that's with 1 FTE and a couple hundred dollars for compute. ๐งต
๐ฐ ๐๐๐ป๐ฒ ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐๐น๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ: ๐๐ป๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐บ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐๐, ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด, ๐๐-๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ We are testing out a new, reader-friendly experience and we want to hear from ourโฆ
The first ever benchmark to empirically measure harm to animals from LLMs is out! This is just the start.
๐งตAnnouncing #AnimalHarmBench - the first benchmark measuring how LLMs can increase risks of animal harm. We used 4,350 questions and found differences across LLMs and species. Key findings below: #AIEthics #LLMs #AnimalWelfare #FAccT2025
This is the kind of discussion we love to see being stimulated! We've been thinking about changing the name of our org and our conference series anyway so this is quite helpful. Thanks @algekalipso @chris_percy
In this talk, Chris Percy lightly pokes at the framing used in โAI for Animals and Digital Mindsโ (AIADM), floating the idea that โartificial mindsโ might be a more future-proof term, just in case analog substrates (or even non-Turing-computable processes) end up mattering forโฆ
๐ฏ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ป ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ฒ๐? Our latest newsletter features insights from @ConLiCats talk at VARC on leveragingโฆ
๐ #AIADM25 ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฎ๐น ๐จ๐ป๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ - ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ & ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ผ๐ป! After an amazing conference on Friday, we're diving into a weekend of workshops and sessions created by you - the participants! We've kicked off our in-person unconference, but youโฆ
๐ด LIVE NOW: Day 1 of #AIADM25! Join us for expert keynotes, panels, and lightning talks exploring the intersection of AI, animals, and digital minds. World-class speakers are presenting cutting-edge research at UCL. Tune in from 9:30am - 6:30pm BST. ๐บ To watch the liveโฆ
