‘AI & Animals’: New documentary explores how AI will impact the lives of animals
‘AI & Animals’: New documentary explores how AI will impact the lives of animals
Animal advocates face an urgent choice in light of the impact of AI on sentient beings: react after harm is done, or prevent catastrophe before it unfolds. The documentary ‘AI & Animals’ brings together 16 of the world’s leading voices on AI and animals advocacy and scholarship from different continents, spanning fields such as ethics, advocacy, strategy, science, and technology. ANIMAL ETHICS: While AI’s impact on humanity dominates headlines, its effects on nonhuman animals receive virtually no attention. Yet AI will significantly impact the lives of animals in the near and the far future, for better or worse. We’re at a […]
THE HORROR: Moral distance, self-deception and the ethics of looking away
THE HORROR: Moral distance, self-deception and the ethics of looking away
It is common to think of ignorance as simply not knowing something. A lack of information. But there’s an important difference between not having access to knowledge, choosing not to seek it out and avoiding it because it challenges something we would rather believe. When it comes to meat and other animal products, the gulf between consumers and production makes this kind of avoidance easier. It’s an arrangement that generally works smoothly until something disrupts it. Footage from slaughterhouses or factory farms can provoke powerful reactions, even among people who regularly consume animal products. The discomfort doesn’t necessarily come from discovering […]
‘RESCUE’: New documentary film on animal evacuations in Ukraine’s war zones
‘RESCUE’: New documentary film on animal evacuations in Ukraine’s war zones
‘Rescue’ is a feature-length documentary that follows people who risk their lives to rescue animals from active war zones in Ukraine. While millions flee the fighting, these rescuers move in the opposite direction — through shelling and mined roads — to reach animals left behind. ‘Rescue’ is not only a film about animal evacuation but also a study of moral choice under extreme conditions, as well as compassion as a conscious and sometimes radical act. DARIIA MIKAHILENKO: ‘Rescue’ is a feature-length documentary that follows people who risk their lives to rescue animals from active war zones in Ukraine. While millions flee […]
