Jacy Reese Anthis's guest appearances

Jacy Reese Anthis

Embrace The Void

Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy Podcast

Narratives w/Will Jarvis

Sentientism

Humane Hangouts

Entrepreneurial Realities

The Nonlinear Library

Jacy Reese

Tobias Leenaert

David Pearce

David Smith

Amy Wilson

AJ Jacobs

Melanie Joy

Paul Shapiro

Temple Grandin

Kelly Starrett

Matt Johnson

Myq Kaplan

Massimo Pigliucci

Jasmin Singer

Peter Watts

OwlTail

In this captivating episode, Antoine Leboyer, MD of the SW/AI TUM Venture Lab, engages in a thought-provoking discussion with esteemed sociologist Jacy Reese Anthis, founder of the Sentience Institute.   Join them as they unravel the complexities surrounding AI, diving into the realms of ethics, regulation, and innovative business models. From exploring the societal impact of AI to dissecting the challenges of regional regulations and the evolving landscape of AI startups, this conversation offers valuable insights for entrepreneurs navigating the AI revolution. Tune in for a captivating exploration of the ethical, regulatory, and business aspects of unleashing AI.

In this captivating episode, Antoine Leboyer, MD of the SW/AI TUM Venture Lab, engages in a thought-provoking discussion with esteemed sociologist <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacyanthis/" rel="noopener noreferer nofollow" target="_blank">Jacy Reese Anthis</a>, founder of the <a href="https://www.sentienceinstitute.org/" rel="noopener noreferer nofollow" target="_blank">Sentience Institute</a>. Join them as they unravel the complexities surrounding AI, diving into the realms of ethics, regulation, and innovative business models. From exploring the societal impact of AI to dissecting the challenges of regional regulations and the evolving landscape of AI startups, this conversation offers valuable insights for entrepreneurs navigating the AI revolution. Tune in for a captivating exploration of the ethical, regulatory, and business aspects of unleashing AI.

#45 // Unleashing AI: A Discussion on Ethics, Regulation, and Business Models with Jacy Reese Anthis

Jacy (https://twitter.com/jacyanthis &amp; https://jacyanthis.com/) is a social scientist &amp; co-founder of the Sentience Institute (https://www.sentienceinstitute.org/). His acclaimed book, The End of Animal Farming  (https://jacyanthis.com/book), analyzes the development &amp; popularisation of food technologies such as plant-based &amp; cultivated meat. In Sentientist Conversations we talk about the two most important questions: “what’s real?” &amp; “what matters?” Sentientism is "evidence, reason &amp; compassion for all sentient beings." The video of our conversation is here on YouTube. We discuss: 0:00 Welcome  1:26 Jacy's Intro Utilitarianism, Effective Altruism, Buddhism, neuroscience, community building, Animal Charity Evaluators, Sentience Institute, The End of Animal Farming, Sociology PhD &amp; moral expansion.  3:22 What's Real? - Growing up around Baptist &amp; Catholic churches near Houston but in an agnostic family - Attending church "lockins" - "I wasn't even told Santa was real growing up" - Interested in Buddhist views of suffering, but not the supernatural aspects - Naturalism has a connotation that there is nothing supernatural. "That's an empirical claim about which I remain uncertain" - Would multiverses, our universe being a simulation or pre-Big Bang history be seen as "supernatural"? - The varieties of religious identity: metaphysics, ethics, community  9:20 What Matters? - Moral heuristics &amp; their conflicts - Adopting utilitarianism at 12 yrs old &amp; looking for a "proof" - From moral realism to anti-realism (per Brian Tomasik) - It's up to us to decide which mental phenomenon to put in the "sentience" and "consciousness" categories - Objectivity, relativism, nihilism &amp; arbitrariness - Even most religious people would act morally if there was no god - Rejecting "mind-independent" truth as the next step up from rejecting supernatural truths - Non-objective morality can still be compelling - Grounding morality in a concern for the experiences of others - The priority balance between reducing suffering vs. enhancing flourishing  18:20 Moral Scope &amp; Expansion - Utilitarianism led to vegetarianism then veganism - Focusing initially on human issues, working at GiveWell - Cause prioritisation led back to non-human issues - Persuading sentiocentrists to be more effective &amp; effective altruists to be sentiocentric - The bias against helping other species -  Non-human animal causes can seem sentimental until you engage w/the arguments - Far future/long-termism - Effective Altruists have the highest veg*n % of almost any human group - Ancient roots of sentiocentrism/veganism &amp; naturalism - "Everything has been said before"  ... And much more - see Sentientism.info for full show notes.  Sentientism is “Evidence, reason &amp; compassion for all sentient beings.” More at https://sentientism.info/. Join our "I'm a Sentientist" wall https://sentientism.info/wall/ here: https://sentientism.info/im-a-sentientist. Everyone, Sentientist or not, is welcome in our groups. Main one: https://www.facebook.com/groups/sentientism. Thanks Graham for the post-prod https://twitter.com/cgbessellieu.

Jacy (<a href="https://twitter.com/jacyanthis" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/jacyanthis</a> &amp; <a href="https://jacyanthis.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://jacyanthis.com/</a>) is a social scientist &amp; co-founder of the Sentience Institute (<a href="https://www.sentienceinstitute.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.sentienceinstitute.org/</a>). His acclaimed book, The End of Animal Farming  (<a href="https://jacyanthis.com/book" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://jacyanthis.com/book</a>), analyzes the development &amp; popularisation of food technologies such as plant-based &amp; cultivated meat. In Sentientist Conversations we talk about the two most important questions: “what’s real?” &amp; “what matters?” Sentientism is "evidence, reason &amp; compassion for all sentient beings." The video of our conversation is <a href="https://youtu.be/NieLTEW9IDE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here on YouTube</a>. We discuss: 0:00 Welcome 1:26 Jacy's Intro Utilitarianism, Effective Altruism, Buddhism, neuroscience, community building, Animal Charity Evaluators, Sentience Institute, The End of Animal Farming, Sociology PhD &amp; moral expansion. 3:22 What's Real? - Growing up around Baptist &amp; Catholic churches near Houston but in an agnostic family - Attending church "lockins" - "I wasn't even told Santa was real growing up" - Interested in Buddhist views of suffering, but not the supernatural aspects - Naturalism has a connotation that there is nothing supernatural. "That's an empirical claim about which I remain uncertain" - Would multiverses, our universe being a simulation or pre-Big Bang history be seen as "supernatural"? - The varieties of religious identity: metaphysics, ethics, community 9:20 What Matters? - Moral heuristics &amp; their conflicts - Adopting utilitarianism at 12 yrs old &amp; looking for a "proof" - From moral realism to anti-realism (per Brian Tomasik) - It's up to us to decide which mental phenomenon to put in the "sentience" and "consciousness" categories - Objectivity, relativism, nihilism &amp; arbitrariness - Even most religious people would act morally if there was no god - Rejecting "mind-independent" truth as the next step up from rejecting supernatural truths - Non-objective morality can still be compelling - Grounding morality in a concern for the experiences of others - The priority balance between reducing suffering vs. enhancing flourishing 18:20 Moral Scope &amp; Expansion - Utilitarianism led to vegetarianism then veganism - Focusing initially on human issues, working at GiveWell - Cause prioritisation led back to non-human issues - Persuading sentiocentrists to be more effective &amp; effective altruists to be sentiocentric - The bias against helping other species -  Non-human animal causes can seem sentimental until you engage w/the arguments - Far future/long-termism - Effective Altruists have the highest veg*n % of almost any human group - Ancient roots of sentiocentrism/veganism &amp; naturalism - "Everything has been said before" ... And much more - see <a href="https://sentientism.info/​​​​​​​​​​​​​" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sentientism.info</a> for full show notes. Sentientism is “Evidence, reason &amp; compassion for all sentient beings.” More at <a href="https://sentientism.info/​​​​​​​​​​​​​" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sentientism.info/</a>. Join our "I'm a Sentientist" wall <a href="https://sentientism.info/wall/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sentientism.info/wall/</a> here: <a href="https://sentientism.info/im-a-sentientist" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sentientism.info/im-a-sentientist</a>. Everyone, Sentientist or not, is welcome in our groups. Main one: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/sentientism" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/sentientism</a>. Thanks Graham for the post-prod <a href="https://twitter.com/cgbessellieu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/cgbessellieu</a>.

62: "Animal farming will end by the end of this century" - Jacy Reese Anthis - Sentientist Conversation

Circle

In this episode, we talk with Jacy Reese Anthis about expanding the moral circle. Jacy is an animal rights activist and founder of the Sentience Institute. 

In this episode, we talk with Jacy Reese Anthis about expanding the moral circle. Jacy is an animal rights activist and founder of the Sentience Institute.

40: Expanding The Moral Circle with Jacy Reese Anthis

Jacy Anthis is a social scientist and co-founder of the Sentience Institute. His acclaimed book, The End of Animal Farming, analyses the development of food technologies such as plant-based and cell-cultured meat. Psychologist Steven Pinker said the book "places the issue of factory farming in the context of human progress and presents compelling arguments on how we should deal with it today.”His research has been featured in The Guardian, Vox, Forbes, and other global media outlets, and he has has presented his research at conferences and seminars in over 20 countries. He is currently a PhD Fellow at The University of Chicago. He is from Huntsville, Texas and lives in Chicago with his wife Kelly and their rescued dogs Apollo and Dionysus.In this episode, Jack and Jacy talk about effective altruism, farmed animal movement effectiveness and wild animal suffering.

Jacy Anthis is a social scientist and co-founder of the Sentience Institute. His acclaimed book, The End of Animal Farming, analyses the development of food technologies such as plant-based and cell-cultured meat. Psychologist Steven Pinker said the book "places the issue of factory farming in the context of human progress and presents compelling arguments on how we should deal with it today.” His research has been featured in The Guardian, Vox, Forbes, and other global media outlets, and he has has presented his research at conferences and seminars in over 20 countries. He is currently a PhD Fellow at The University of Chicago. He is from Huntsville, Texas and lives in Chicago with his wife Kelly and their rescued dogs Apollo and Dionysus. In this episode, Jack and Jacy talk about effective altruism, farmed animal movement effectiveness and wild animal suffering.

The End of Animal Farming & Wild Animal Suffering | Jacy Reese Anthis

Spencer Case and Jacy Reese Anthis, a co-founder of the Sentience Institute, discuss effective altruism, vegan activism and debate whether strong moral convictions presuppose moral realism.

Spencer Case and Jacy Reese Anthis, a co-founder of the Sentience Institute, discuss effective altruism, vegan activism and debate whether strong moral convictions presuppose moral realism.