My book The Edge of Sentience: Risk and Precaution in Humans, Other Animals, and AI is out 15 August. Sign up at https://t.co/BLRrl9999s for a free PDF - and use code AAFLYG6 to get 30% off a printed copy at https://t.co/WxoVOyqDOL
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Save The Date-The second meeting of the Philosophy of Animal Minds and Behavior Association will be held at the University of Santa Barbara April 24-26 2025. Colin Allen is hosting talks and events including a tour of @CoalOilPoint Natural Reserve to observe plovers. Stay tuned!
Announcing The New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness! It holds that all vertebrates and many invertebrates have a realistic chance of being conscious, and that their welfare merits consideration.
If you have relevant expertise, please sign!
https://t.co/vjkXI3YfXD
What is the New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness and what do we hope to achieve with it? You can read our collective view at (https://t.co/k9tQkolEYq) but for my personal view, see the slides of my talk here: https://t.co/aj5tp9ZM99
An octopus behavior blog post. Not science, and no great drama. Just 90 minutes or so of everyday life.
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(I am still working on it - will add some more videos.)
An exciting moment for animal consciousness research: we are launching today the New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness (https://t.co/k9tQkomcNY) with 39 initial signatories, world-leading experts on🧠🐦⬛🦜🦇🐟🐙🦀🦞🐝🪰. We now invite anyone with relevant expertise to sign.
If you think there is a strong evidence for consciousness in mammals and birds and a realistic possibility of consciousness in reptiles, amphibians, fish, cephalopods, crustaceans, and insects, you may want to consider adding your name to the 39 initial signatories #NYDeclaration
The New York Declaration of Animal Consciousness was signed today by leading figures in philosophy and science, reflecting our current scientific knowledge of consciousness in vertebrates and invertebrates. Join us! https://t.co/i6K4x1tEl2
Tomorrow! The Emerging Science of Animal Consciousness conference includes a major announcement at 10am ET, so please join us at the start of the session! For those with relevant expertise, this news will include an exciting opportunity to get involved. https://t.co/0TYT8ZKeL4
With less than 2 weeks until #CO3_2024 officially kicks off, we're looking forward to welcoming you all to New Mexico!
Get ready for our exciting line-up of speakers on all things comparative cognition across a diverse range of species. Program: https://t.co/z8fozemojK