“AI for Animals 2025 Bay Area Retrospective” by Constance Li, AI for Animals 1c4b1q

Our Mission: To build a multidisciplinary field around using technology—especially AI—to improve the lives of nonhumans now and in the future. Overview Background This hybrid conference had nearly 550 participants and took place March 1-2, 2025 at UC Berkeley. It was organized by AI for Animals for $74k by volunteer core organizers Constance Li, Sankalpa Ghose, and Santeri Tani. This conference has evolved since 2023: The 1st conference mainly consisted of philosophers and was a single track lecture/. The 2nd conference put all lectures on one day and followed it with 2 days of interactive unconference sessions happening in parallel and a week of in-person co-working. This 3rd conference had a week of related satellite events, free shared accommodations for 50+ attendees, 2 days of parallel lectures/s/unconferences, 80 unique sessions, of which 32 are available on Youtube, Swapcard to enable 1:1 connections, and a Slack community to continue conversations year [...] --- Outline: (00:32) Overview (00:35) Background (02:27) Outcomes (03:51) The Event(s) (04:19) Speaking Sessions (04:23) en-US-AvaMultilingualNeural__ Conference presentation scenes with speakers and audience in auditorium setting. The image shows a collage of different presentation scenes at what appears to be an academic or professional conference. The main image shows an auditorium with attendees watching a video presentation on a large screen. Other smaller images show speakers on stage in different settings - some seated in orange chairs for a discussion, others at podiums. Theres a logo visible for what appears to be a research institute in one of the frames. The setting appears academic/professional in nature, with proper presentation equipment, stage lighting, and organized seating arrangements typical of a conference or symposium event. (05:10) Featured Talks (10:13) Lightning Talks (11:55) Interactive Sessions (12:19) Unconferences (13:22) Meetups (13:36) Mapping Workshops (13:44) Office Hours (13:59) Topic Distribution (14:18) Satellite Events (14:41) en-US-AvaMultilingualNeural__ Events schedule showing AI and animal-focused activities from Feb 26-Mar 2. (14:52) en-US-AvaMultilingualNeural__ People gathered at social events, networking and dining in various settings. (15:02) Behind the Scenes (15:10) Personnel (16:04) Handbooks (16:24) Finances (19:21) Outreach (21:17) Event Reflection (24:12) Get Involved --- First published: April 5th, 2025 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/KWpyRXzHn6JMyZiBn/ai-for-animals-2025-bay-area-retrospective --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. --- Images from the article: Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app. 4d6u3q