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The NYU Mind, Ethics, and Policy Program conducts and supports foundational research on the nature and intrinsic value of nonhuman minds, including biological and artificial minds. At present, the world contains quintillions of nonhuman animals. Human activity is increasingly shaping the lives of these animals, by determining whether they can exist and what kinds of lives they can have if they do. And in the future, nonhuman populations might be much larger, and might include advanced artificial intelligences as well. These trends raise important questions at the intersection of mind, ethics, and policy. Which nonhumans are conscious, sentient, and sapient? What kind of moral, legal, and political status should they have? How can humans build a positive future for the vast multiplicity of potentially morally significant beings who might one day exist? These questions, in turn, require us to confront some of the hardest problems in science, philosophy, and policy. What is the nature of

Home Search this site Embedded Files Skip to main content Skip to navigation NYU Center for Mind, Ethics , and Policy We've moved! To stay up-to-date on the NYU Center for Mind, Ethics, and Policy, please visit nonhumanminds.org . About The NYU Center for Mind, Ethics, and Policy conducts and supports foundational research on the nature and intrinsic value of nonhuman minds, including biological and artificial minds. Our mission is to advance understanding of the sentience and moral status of nonhumans, including animals and AIs. Our vision is a world in which all sentient and morally signific

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