
Jeff Sebo is an Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at New York University, where he directs the Center for Mind, Ethics, and Policy. His research focuses on the minds and moral status of animals and AI systems. He is the author of The Moral Circle (2025) and an advisor at Eleos AI Research.
Consciousness, sentience, and agency are three ways that something could matter morally. In AI, unlike in animals, they may not come as a package.