Executive summary: The 2025 AI for Animals Bay Area conference successfully expanded its scope and impact, connecting a multidisciplinary community around using AI to improve nonhuman welfare, with high-profile speakers, diverse sessions, and strong attendee engagement highlighting its growing influence in the field.
Key points:
The third annual AI for Animals conference drew ~550 participants and featured 81 sessions across panels, workshops, and unconferences, supported by a volunteer-led team and a $74k budget.
Attendees averaged 7 new connections and 3 potentially high-impact ones; 89% rated the event as more valuable than alternative uses of their time.
The event brought together diverse stakeholders—AI researchers, ethicists, NGOs, digital minds researchers, and funders—through strategic outreach and partnerships, especially aligning with the EA Global Bay Area schedule.
Session highlights included talks by Peter Singer, Cass Sunstein, and David Pearce, as well as panels on AI sentience, digital minds, legal personhood, and precision livestock farming.
Notable innovations included a custom unconference system integrated with Swapcard, expanded accommodations, professional recordings, and satellite events.
Organizers identified areas for improvement such as clearer knowledge level indicators, earlier agenda release, and better-structured meetups and workshops.
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Executive summary: The 2025 AI for Animals Bay Area conference successfully expanded its scope and impact, connecting a multidisciplinary community around using AI to improve nonhuman welfare, with high-profile speakers, diverse sessions, and strong attendee engagement highlighting its growing influence in the field.
Key points:
The third annual AI for Animals conference drew ~550 participants and featured 81 sessions across panels, workshops, and unconferences, supported by a volunteer-led team and a $74k budget.
Attendees averaged 7 new connections and 3 potentially high-impact ones; 89% rated the event as more valuable than alternative uses of their time.
The event brought together diverse stakeholders—AI researchers, ethicists, NGOs, digital minds researchers, and funders—through strategic outreach and partnerships, especially aligning with the EA Global Bay Area schedule.
Session highlights included talks by Peter Singer, Cass Sunstein, and David Pearce, as well as panels on AI sentience, digital minds, legal personhood, and precision livestock farming.
Notable innovations included a custom unconference system integrated with Swapcard, expanded accommodations, professional recordings, and satellite events.
Organizers identified areas for improvement such as clearer knowledge level indicators, earlier agenda release, and better-structured meetups and workshops.
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