‘AI & Animals’: New documentary warns of ‘factory farming 2.0’
The documentary ‘AI & Animals’ highlights how the global debate over large language models (LLMs) has yet to explore what the technology could mean for animal welfare. ‘AI & Animals’ argues that AI could either revolutionize or worsen conditions for farmed animals, and that there is a ‘limited window of time’ in which to pick an outcome. The film predicts one potential ‘nightmare future” where LLMs perpetuate speciesism, and where millions of animals are farmed in increasing density without human oversight.
PLANT BASED NEWS: A new documentary examines how AI could either “supercharge” the animal protection movement or significantly worsen welfare to create “factory farming 2.0.” AI & Animals argues that AI could either revolutionize or worsen conditions for farmed animals, and that there is a “limited window of time” in which to pick an outcome. AI & Animals highlights how the global debate over large language models (LLMs) has yet to explore what the technology could mean for animal welfare.
The film predicts one potential “nightmare future” where LLMs perpetuate speciesism, and where millions of animals are farmed in increasing density without human oversight. However, AI & Animals also predicts how AI could decode animals’ speech, monitor and prevent diseases, protect wildlife, and end animal testing. The film features the philosophers Peter Singer (Animal Liberation), Jonathan Birch (The Edge of Sentience), and Jeff Sebo (Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves), of Princeton University, the London School of Economics, and NYU, respectively…
The new film’s key takeaway is that the values humanity embeds into AI now could significantly shape its long-term impact, and that aligning LLMs with consideration for non-human animals could pre-emptively reduce future suffering… AI & Animals is produced by the American nonprofit Animal Ethics. It is directed by Alba García Bernal and Oscar Horta, filmed and edited by Xiana Castro, and narrated by voice actor Samantha Damiano, who worked on 2025’s Seantience. LIAM PRITCHETT
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