M. Takeshita | AI Ethics, Animal Ethics, Philosophy

Ethics of AI, Animals, and Nonhumans

I examine moments where AI reshapes human judgment and social values alongside moments where human societies decide the lives and deaths of animals as connected problems in ethics.

Work & contact

AI and Moral Judgment

I study how AI changes human judgment and social values. Moral reasoning by LLMs can improve our judgment, or manipulate it.

Politics Including Animals

I treat animals as political beings. Human societies determine animal life and death, yet animals cannot join public deliberation.

Utilitarianism and Minority Experience

I use utilitarianism to examine animals, poverty, future generations, and AI. As a vegan, queer, nonbinary person, I also write about experiences outside social norms.

Books and contributions

Contributed chapter
Dignity and AI/Robots
A contributed chapter on speciesism in natural language processing for an edited volume on dignity, AI, and robots. “Speciesism in Natural Language Processing Research”
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Magazine essay
Philcul
An essay for the special issue on meat-eating ethics, approaching vegan experience through transformative experience. “Becoming a Vegan Minority: From the Perspective of Transformative Experience”
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Contributed chapter
Introduction to ELSI: Aspects of Advanced Science, Technology, and Society
A contributed chapter on generative AI in an introductory volume on ELSI and advanced science and technology. “Chapter 10: Generative AI: Who Is It For?”
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Magazine essay
Gendai Shiso
An essay for a longtermism special issue, considering AI and nonhuman animals through the lens of nonhuman beings. “Longtermism and Nonhumans: Thinking About AI and Nonhuman Animals Through the Example of Pandemics”
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