The Moral Circle: Insects, AI systems, and other beings who might matter Jeff Sebo, NYU Join the meeting<https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_YTVmMGI1ZGItN2U5OS00M...> Which nonhumans matter, how much do they matter, and what do we owe them in a world reshaped by human activity? In this talk (based on a multi-author report that you can find here), I argue that humanity should include all potentially significant beings in our moral community -- including, at minimum, all vertebrates, many invertebrates, and some near-future AI systems -- with transformative implications for our lives and societies. I then examine a variety of questions that humanity will confront regarding creation ethics and population ethics. For example, should we accept the “rebugnant conclusion” that large groups of small beings matter more than small groups of large beings? Either way, what follows for our policies and priorities, at present and in the future? Jeff Sebo is an associate professor of environmental studies at New York University. He works primarily on moral philosophy, legal philosophy, and philosophy of mind; animal minds, ethics, and policy; AI minds, ethics, and policy; global health and climate ethics and policy; and global priorities research. He is author of The Moral Circle (2025) and Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves (2022) and co-author of Chimpanzee Rights (2018) and Food, Animals, and the Environment (2018). Subscribe to future talk announcements: Anyone outside Bell Labs can receive talk announcements by subscribing to the mailing list. To subscribe, send an empty email with the subject line "Subscribe RAI" to daniele.quercia@nokia-bell-labs.com<mailto:daniele.quercia@nokia-bell-labs.com>.