Jeff Sebo

I am humbled to have received much praise for THE ARROGANT APE (Avery / Penguin Random House) out September 2.

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/717436/the-arrogant-ape-by-christine-webb

yeah, on the catwalk, on the catwalk, yeah

Recently Published Book Spotlight: The Moral Circle Jeff Sebo is associate professor of environmental studies; affiliated professor of bioethics, medical ethics, philosophy, and law; director of the Center for Environmental and Animal Protection; and d...

A short interview about The Moral Circle and my daily writing routine is up at the blog of the @apaphilosophy.bsky.social!

Ep 14: Interview with Jeff Sebo, author of The Moral Circle — How We Win We are happy to introduce our first interview episode with Jeff Sebo, author of The Moral Circle: Who Matters, What Matters, and Why In this interview, philosopher Jeff Sebo joins Devs and Vasile to ...

New interview on The Moral Circle with Devs and Vasile Stanescu at How We Win. Check it out!

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Could an AI system be a moral patient? Conceptual foundations for AI welfare. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the web... As AI systems become increasingly cognitively sophisticated, agentic, and socially integrated, some people are beginning to wonder whether they could ever have needs of their own or be worthy of our m...

The NYU Center for Mind, Ethics, and Policy is thrilled to be hosting a talk by Google researchers Winnie Street and Geoff Keeling on conceptual foundations for AI welfare!

The talk will be August 20 at 12pm ET on Zoom. RSVP below. Hope to see you there!

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Could an AI system be a moral patient? Conceptual foundations for AI welfare. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the web... As AI systems become increasingly cognitively sophisticated, agentic, and socially integrated, some people are beginning to wonder whether they could ever have needs of their own or be worthy of our m...

The NYU Center for Mind, Ethics, and Policy is thrilled to be hosting a talk by Google researchers Winnie Street and Geoff Keeling on conceptual foundations for AI welfare!

The talk will be August 20 at 12pm ET on Zoom. RSVP below. Hope to see you there!

𝗕𝗶𝗴 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀: 𝘄𝗲'𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 🌟
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.
For now, check out our new logo! 👀

A flyer for "How AI is helping - and harming - animals", 30 Sept, LSE.

Save the date - on 30 Sept we're opening The Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience with a hybrid (online and in-person) event looking at how AI is already transforming the lives of other animals. Details: www.lse.ac.uk/Events/2025/...

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The Asian Journal of Philosophy is hosting a book symposium on The Moral Circle! 2-6k word submissions will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and published commentaries will receive a response from me. If you read the book and have any thoughts at all, please consider sharing them!

The Asian Journal of Philosophy is hosting a book symposium on The Moral Circle! 2-6k word submissions will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and published commentaries will receive a response from me. If you read the book and have any thoughts at all, please consider sharing them!

We had a great time at NYU's Wild Animal Welfare Summit last week, where Strategy Researcher @simonliedholm.bsky.social gave a lightning talk on wildlife contraception. Thanks so much for having us!

Another year, another wonderful Wild Animal Welfare Summit at NYU, with a terrific set of lightning talks, group discussions, breakout sessions, and vegan meals — along with one very attentive dog. Thanks so much to all who attended!

Events Summer 2025

The NYU Center for Mind, Ethics, and Policy is thrilled to be hosting a panel on the Claude 4 model welfare assessments!

Featuring Kyle Fish from Anthropic and Robert Long and Rosie Campbell from Eleos AI Research.

July 25, noon ET, info and RSVP 👇

sites.google.com/nyu.edu/mind...

动物和人一样有意识吗？_腾讯新闻 不论是在动物题材的动画和电影中，将自己代入到那种拟人化叙事，还是在动物视频加上搞笑配音后，亲身感受这种跨物种“翻译”的魅力，抑或是在现实中与宠物进行亲密互动，用行动将它们视为朋友甚至亲人……一些人凭借个人的主观感受和经验，相信动物有着与人类相似的意识和情感，但在另一些人看来，这个将人与动物等量齐观的...

Southern Weekly (a major Chinese newspaper) has a nice article that discusses the New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness and my @science.org perspective with @kristinandrews.bsky.social and @birchlse.bsky.social explaining the underlying scientific methodology.

news.qq.com/rain/a/20250...

New research centre to explore how AI can help humans ‘speak’ with pets Centre for animal sentience to look into animal consciousness and the ethical use of AI in how we treat them

The Guardian has a piece about my new Centre with some lovely comments from longtime collaborators @jeffsebo.bsky.social and @kristinandrews.bsky.social. It follows the golden rule of animal minds journalism: emphasise the pet angle. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Happy publication day to Dean Spears and Michael Geruso! After the Spike makes a compelling case for policies that can protect the human population while respecting human rights. Highly recommended for anyone who cares about our future.

My new draft paper with @eschwitz.bsky.social is now online! We propose and explore the "emotional alignment design policy," which involves designing AI systems to elicit emotional reactions in users that reflect their capacities and moral status. Thread below; feedback welcome!

Thanks so much for your kind words!

YouTube video by Sentientism Just How Big Should "The Moral Circle" Be? - Jeff Sebo @newyorkuniversity- Sentientism 229

youtu.be/e9tidf3TLk0?...

Excellent discussion... so many important points for our species to reflect upon. Thank you!

(#sentientism #goVegan #vegan #compassion)

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the trick is to never stop working 👍

nothing better than working on a holiday and watching your inbox steadily tick down because nobody else is replying to email right now 🇺🇸

Please listen and consider!

Wonderful to hear! Looking forward to seeing it :)

Thanks for engaging with the book! FWIW I went through a similar thought process while writing it, and I played with a lot of different metaphors. I never thought of the moral megagon, but I did consider the moral sphere, the moral cone, and so on. But in the end, I went for simplicity too :)

In The Moral Circle (2025), philosopher @jeffsebo.bsky.social calls for a revolution in ethics, arguing that we should expand our “moral circle” to include insects, AI systems, and microbes.

intertwingled.org/the-moral-ci...

aging is best measured not in years but rather in what it takes to throw out your back. today i turned "taking a sip of water while standing perfectly still," please wish me a happy birthday!

AI Personhood in a Rapidly Advancing Technological Landscape How does Jeff Sebo’s ethical analysis of AI personhood and sentience inform future legal frameworks and global policy-making regarding advanced artificial intelligence?

In this new interview with Scott Jacobsen I explore whether AI systems might one day have their own feelings and emotions - and whether they should be classified as legal persons with legal rights.

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What will society think about AI consciousness? Lessons from the animal case How will society respond to the idea that artificial intelligence (AI) could be conscious? Drawing on lessons from perceptions of animal consciousness…

8/ The choices we make today about AI consciousness research and policy will shape how society navigates this challenge moving forward. The industry is moving too fast to wait - the time to prepare is now.

Our @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social article is available here: