AI for Animals Meetup (SF)
Network with other people who care about using tech to help animals!
Highlights:
Vegan Food: Light snacks provided
Talk: How do we begin to quantify empathy for animals in LLMs and make sure their interests are considered?
Speed Networking: Connect with other individuals who want to leverage tech to benefit nonhumans.
Schedule:
5:00-5:30: Food, mingling
5:30-5:40: Intro talk by Constance Li, founder of AI for Animals and Hive
5:40-6:15: Actually Advanced AI: What could Superhuman mean for Animals? by Sankalpa Ghose with Q&A
6:15-6:25: Request for Proposals announcement ”Creating Benchmark Datasets and Common Task Frameworks for Alternative Protein Development” (10-25k grant)
6:30-7:30: Structured speed networking
7:30-9:00: Free form conversations
Sankalpa Ghose works at the intersection of bioethics and biomedical engineering. He recently co-authored “The Case For Animal-Friendly AI" (Ghose, Tse, Rasaee, Sebo, Singer - AAAI 2024).
Dress Code: Casual
Venue: 5 min walk from Powell Station BART.
Who should come: anyone working in or interested in the intersection of AI/emerging technologies and animal welfare. Our core community focuses on farmed animals, but we welcome anyone interested in other categories such as research, wild, and companion animals.
Disclaimer: While we encourage anyone to participate, this is NOT an AI-only networking session.
Interested in getting more involved with the animal advocacy movement? Join the Hive Slack.
We have an AI coalition channel where people discuss active projects and a SF/Bay Area channel where people post local updates and events.