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Tag archives: Effective Altruism
If AIs Are Sentient They Will Know Suffering is Bad – Ronen Bar of The Moral Alignment Center on Sentientism Ep:226
Ronen Bar is the founder of The Moral Alignment Center. A Sentientism conversation about what’s real, who matters and how to make a better world.
A Joyful Journey Towards an Edenic Vision – Matthew Halteman on Sentientism ep:221
Matthew Halteman is professor of philosophy at Calvin University & a fellow in the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics. A Sentientism conversation.
“That system will be history… Our job is just to speed that up” – Thom Norman of Farmkind – Sentientism Ep:215
Thom Norman is the co-founder of the non-profit FarmKind. A Sentientism conversation about what’s real, who matters and how to make a better world.
“If you combine rationality and compassion you have the essence” – Jonathan Leighton of OPIS – Sentientism Ep:185
Jonathan is Executive Director of OPIS (Organisation for the Prevention of Intense Suffering). A Sentientism conversation about “what’s real?” “who matters?” and “how can we make a better world?”
Don’t underestimate your influence! – Chris Bryant of Bryant Research – Sentientism Ep:183
Chris Bryant is Director of Bryant Research and the Head of Policy at the Alternative Proteins Association. A Sentientism conversation about what’s real, who matters and how to make a better world.
S-Risks with Tobias Baumann – “Avoiding the Worst… a moral catastrophe” – Sentientism Ep:180
Tobias Baumann co-founded the Center for Reducing Suffering. A Sentientism conversation about what matters, who matters and how to avoid S-Risk moral catastrophes.
“We’ve made a civilizational error” – Philosopher John Sanbonmatsu – Sentientism Ep:171
John Sanbonmatsu is a writer, philosopher, cultural critic and magician. A conversation about what’s real, who matters and how to make a better world.
What kind of relationships do we want with AI & other sentient beings? – Jared Moore – Novelist & AI Researcher – Sentientism Ep:167
Jared is an AI researcher and novelist. A conversation about what’s real, who matters and how to make a better future. Sentientism is “evidence, reason and compassion for all sentient beings”.
“An Aligned AGI would end factory farming” – Kat Woods – EA Charity Founder – Sentientism Ep: 166
Kat Woods has co-founded multiple charities and currently focuses on trying to make transformative artificial intelligence play out well for all sentient beings. A Sentientist Conversation.
“Animal Liberation Now!” – Peter Singer – Sentientism Episode 156
Peter Singer is often referred to as the “world’s most influential living philosopher.” A conversation about Sentientism’s “evidence, reason and compassion for all sentient beings”.
“With great power comes great responsibility” – Elan Abrell – Anthropologist & Author – Sentientism Episode 154
Elan Abrell is a cultural anthropologist and author of “Saving Animals: Multispecies Ecologies of Rescue and Care”. A conversation about Sentientism’s “evidence, reason and compassion for all sentient beings”.
Should Effective Altruism Take Abolitionism More Seriously? – Dhruv Makwana – Sentientism Episode 150
Dhruv is a PhD student at the Department of Computer Science and Technology, University of Cambridge. Sentientism is evidence, reason and compassion for all sentient beings.
“Vegan pets… They’re enjoying their lives more & they’re living longer” – Dr. Andrew Knight – Sentientism Episode 148
Andrew is Professor of Animal Welfare and Ethics and a vet. A Sentientist conversation about “what’s real?” “who matters?” and “How To Make a Better Future?”
“It feels really good to be doing the right thing” – Alene Anello – Legal Impact for Chickens President & Founder – Sentientism Episode 128
Alene is the President and Founder of Legal Impact for Chickens. Sentientism is “evidence, reason and compassion for all sentient beings”.
“The world is going to get better for animals in our lifetime” – Species Podcast host Macken Murphy – Sentientism Episode 105
Macken is a writer & science educator. He hosts a weekly podcast about animals, Species, recommended by both Apple & the BBC’s Wildlife magazine. A Sentientist conversation.
Let’s create more effective, compasionate narratives – Writer Alex Lockwood – Sentientism Episode 94
A conversation with Alex Lockwood, fiction & non-fiction writer, academic and activist. Sentientism is “evidence, reason and compassion for all sentient beings”.
“I believe in the abolition of cages – human & non-human” – Rachel Krantz, author of “Open”- Sentientism Episode 93
Rachel Krantz is a multi-award winning journalist and author. Her book, “Open”, is out now. A Sentientist Conversation.
How can Africa avoid industrialised animal farming? – Cameron King of Animal Advocacy Africa – Sentientism Episode 89
A Sentientist Conversation with Cameron King, Operations Lead for Animal Advocacy Africa.
“Animal farming will end by the end of this century” – Jacy Reese Anthis
Jacy is a social scientist & co-founder of the Sentience Institute. His acclaimed book, The End of Animal Farming, analyzes the development & popularisation of food technologies such as plant-based & cultivated meat. In Sentientist Conversations we talk about the two most important questions: “what’s real?” & “what matters?”
“That’s moral progress – you have to interfere in things” – Philosopher Kyle Johannsen
A Sentientist Conversation about “what’s real?” and “what matters?” with Kyle Johannsen, philosopher and author of “Wild Animal Ethics”.
“Factory farming is a complete disaster” – Financial Times Journalist Henry Mance
Henry Mance is the chief features writer for the Financial Times newspaper. He is the author of “How to Love Animals in a Human Shaped World.”
“I would consider myself a Sentientist now” – Tennis pro Marcus Daniell
Marcus is a professional tennis player. He is a philanthropist and an advocate for effective altruism through his work as the founder of High Impact Athletes.
“Freedom, equality & avoiding harm to others” – Psychologist Kristof Dhont – New Sentientist Conversation
Kristof is a social psychologist & senior lecturer at the university of Kent where he runs SHARKLab (Study of Human InterGroup & Animal Relations). He is the author of “Why We Love & Exploit Animals”.
“Children are much less speciesist than adults” – Psychological Researcher Matti Wilks – New Sentientist Conversation
Matti is a post-doctoral researcher at Yale University, working with Professor Paul Bloom. She studies moral psychology & moral development – including attitudes to cultivated meat & the “natural”, the moral status of various types of entities & altruism. In these Sentientist Conversations we talk about the two most important questions: “what’s real?” & “what matters?”
“Sentientism captures everything – it’s future proof” – Michael Dello-Iacovo – New Sentientist Conversation on Sentientism YouTube and Podcast
Michael Dello-Iacovo is a space scientist, effective altruist, animal justice political candidate and host of the Morality is Hard podcast.
“We can’t understand humans without recognising that we’re animals” – Dr. Diana Fleischman – New Sentientist Conversation
Dr. Diana Fleischman is an evolutionary psychologist & an author. In these Sentientist Conversations we talk about the two most important questions: “what’s real?” & “what matters?”
“Vegan stuff is going to be hot!” – Sociologist Corey Lee Wrenn – New Sentientist Conversation
Corey Lee Wrenn is a UK-based American sociologist and scholar of social movements and human-nonhuman relations.
In these Sentientist Conversations we talk about the two most important questions: “what’s real?” & “what matters?”
“Diverse sentients could live in mutual symbiosis” Graham Bessellieu – New Sentientist Conversation
We talk about Graham’s Christian upbringing (and singing), his turn to a naturalistic, Sentientist ethics, ending animal farming and exploitation and the potential for a Deutschian, Star Trek future for all sentients.
“How can we do the most good for non-human animals?”- Jamie Harris – Animal Advocacy Careers co-founder & Sentience Institute Researcher – New Sentientist Conversation
Jamie is co-founder of and researcher at the non-profit Animal Advocacy Careers, a researcher at the Sentience Institute and host of the Sentience Institute Podcast.
“My enemy, which I will destroy, is arbitrariness!” New Sentientist Conversation with Stijn Bruers
“My enemy, which I will destroy, is arbitrariness!” New Sentientist Conversation with Stijn Bruers. Evidence, reason and compassion.
Sentientist Conversations: Bestselling Author AJ Jacobs
New York Times bestselling (4 times!) author and journalist AJ Jacobs experiments on himself to help us all learn. In this Sentientist Conversation he talks with Jamie about what he believes, what matters morally, and how his writing projects link to Sentientism’s tenets of evidence, reason and universal compassion.
Humanism needs an upgrade: Is Sentientism the philosophy that could save the world?
There is a little-known philosophy, well-founded in reality, that provides a sound basis for compassionate ethics and which will eventually become our predominant way of thinking. That’s partly because adopting this philosophy will give us the best chance of addressing the world’s problems, from the climate change crisis to the impact of artificial general intelligence. That philosophy is Sentientism.
A Unifying Morality? How is Sentientism Different?
Sentientism is a worldview that commits to using evidence and reason and extends moral consideration to all sentient beings. What I want to do in the article below is to compare Sentientism with …
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