Jacy Reese Anthis
Jacy Reese Anthis | |
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Born | Huntsville, Texas, U.S.[1] | December 16, 1992
Occupation | Social scientist, writer |
Education | University of Texas at Austin (Bachelor of Arts and Science in Neuroscience, 2015) |
Spouse |
Kelly Witwicki (m. 2020) |
Website | |
jacyanthis |
Jacy Reese Anthis (/ˈdʒeɪsi ˈriːs/ JAY-see REESS; born December 16, 1992)[1] is an American social scientist, writer and co-founder of the Sentience Institute with Kelly Witwicki. He previously worked as a Senior Fellow at Sentience Politics, and before that at Animal Charity Evaluators as chair of the board of directors, then as a full-time researcher.
Anthis's research focuses on
Education
Anthis attended the University of Texas at Austin, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts and Science in neuroscience in 2015.[4][5] In 2020, he enrolled in the Ph.D. program in Sociology at the University of Chicago.[5]
Career
Before finishing his undergraduate degree, Anthis worked on the
Sentience Institute
After a year and a half at Animal Charity Evaluators, Anthis briefly worked with Sentience Politics, a project of the Effective Altruism Foundation. Sentience Politics then split into two organizations, one of which was the Sentience Institute, co-founded by Anthis and Kelly Witwicki in June 2017.[6][12]
The End of Animal Farming
In The End of Animal Farming, Anthis "outlines an evidence-based roadmap to a humane, ethical, efficient food system where slaughterhouses are obsolete".[13] Anthis wrote this book from the perspective of effective altruism because there is already much content explaining the problems of animal agriculture, but he perceived a need for a book to guide the "farmed animal movement" towards its long-term goal.[14] Near the end of the book, Anthis concludes that, "if I had to speculate, I would say by 2100 all forms of animal farming will seem outdated and barbaric."[14][15][16]
Digital minds
Anthis and the Sentience institute have more recently been conducting research on digital minds, which he defines as artificial entities with mental faculties.[17][18] He wrote an article on The Hill asking for an artificial intelligence rights movement.[19]
Selected works
- (2018). ISBN 9780807019450
See also
References
- ^ a b "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Jacy Reese. July 2021. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
- ^ Gault, Matthew (December 28, 2017). "This Think Tank Wants to End Factory Farming". Vice Motherboard.
- ^ Anthis, Jacy Reese (April 2020). "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). jacyanthis.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 21, 2020.
- ^ a b "Jacy Reese Anthis: Doctoral Student (2020)". Department of Sociology, University of Chicago. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
- ^ a b Lahey, Kevin; Le Roi, Ben (December 12, 2017). "Livegan" (Podcast). Retrieved August 25, 2018.
- ^ Engber, Daniel (August 18, 2016) "Save the Chicken", Slate
- ^ Anthis, Jacy (December 14, 2015). "Wild animals endure illness, injury, and starvation. We should help". Vox.
- ^ Gunther, Kristen (December 15, 2015). "Nature is Violent". Motherboard.
- ^ Matthews, Susan (December 16, 2015). "Nature Can't Exist Without Suffering—And We Can't Change That". Audubon.
- ^ McGrath, Lauren-Elizabeth (December 16, 2015). "Vox Fails to Mention 56 Billion Lives in Piece on Animal Suffering". Ecorazzi.
- ^ Anthis, Kelly & Anthis, Jacy. "Introducing Sentience Institute". Sentience Institute. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
- ^ Spector, Nicole (March 1, 2017). "Fowl play? Subway denies its chicken is only 50% real". NBC News.
- ^ a b Piper, Kelsey (November 15, 2018). "We could end factory farming this century". Vox.
- ^ "The End of Animal Farming". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
- ^ Robinson, Nathan L. (November 12, 2018). "Can we end animal farming forever?". Current Affairs.
- ^ Anthis, Jacy Reese. "Key Questions for Digital Minds". Sentience Institute. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
- ^ Bordoloi, Pritam (October 11, 2023). "The Rise of Digital Minds". Analytics India Magazine. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
- ^ Anthis, Jacy Reese (March 23, 2023). "We need an AI rights movement". The Hill. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
External links
- Official website
- "Animals and the Far Future". Youtube. Retrieved January 14, 2020.