AI×Animals is an 8-week course preparing learners for impactful careers at the frontier of AI & animals. Fellows will engage with high-stakes issues such as precision livestock farming, the use of machine learning to "decode" animal communication, and the intersection between animal advocacy and AI risks. This program will equip you with the knowledge, skills, and connections to steer AI development and deployment towards animal-positive outcomes.
Program
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Week 1. Welcome and Fellowship Intro Week 2. AI×Animals: The Present and Near Future Week 3. Precision Livestock Farming Week 4. Interspecies Communication Week 5. The Genetic Welfare Frontier Week 6. AI×Animals: The Long-Term Future Week 7. Animal Advocacy in the Age of Transformative AI Week 8. Taking Action: Career Planning
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Session overviews
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Week 1. Welcome and Fellowship Intro
Week 2. AI×Animals: The Present & Near Future
Week 3. Precision Livestock Farming
Week 4. Interspecies Communication
Week 5. The Genetic Welfare Frontier
Week 6. AI×Animals: The Long-Term Future
Week 7. Animal Advocacy in the Age of Transformative AI
Week 8. Taking Action: Career Planning
Course materials
Please find below all course materials including readings and resources for the entire course.
- You can follow the course on your own.
- While you are most welcome to look ahead, note that content in later weeks may be subject to revision and updates.
Fall 2025 schedule of cohorts
How do I switch?
If necessary, you may switch cohorts during the middle of the course. Switching is as easy as 1-2-3(-4)!
- Find an alternative time that works for you. You can find the meeting times of each group along with meeting links in the ‘General Info’ tab of the #f-aia25-general channel in Slack.
- On Slack, notify your main facilitator that you will be switching groups for the week – the sooner the better.
- Notify the facilitator of the group you would like to switch to.
- After joining the new group’s private channel, introduce yourself.
Otherwise, please stay in your assigned group. We have carefully balanced the groups to optimise discussions. Unbalanced groups (e.g. too small, large, uniformity of perspectives) may undermine discussion quality.
Keep in mind
- AI×Animals runs from @October 22, 2025 to @December 21, 2025.
- If you would like to receive a certificate by the end of the course, you must attend at least 7 out of 8 sessions.
Questions? Please post in #f-aia25-general.
