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Kristin Andrews 🇨🇦🇺🇸
@kristinandrews.bsky.social
Philosopher. How animal cognition research informs philosophy, and vice versa. Social norms, evolution of tech, ToM, personhood, consciousness, AI. Prof and York Research Chair in Animal Minds at YorkU and Prof at CUNY Grad Center. www.kristinandrews.org
Yes, you will be able to see these talks on the Normactivity YouTube channel. They were great! www.youtube.com/channel/UCrt...
Normactivity Network
"NormaCtivity” is an international research network which aims to promote research on normativity (both human and non-human) in a new and broader perspective, connecting scholars interested in studyin...
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September 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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September 3, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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This is one of the reasons I am so passionate about the Caleb Scholars program. We give students funds to return home to learn from elders as they go to school, and we find undergrads though professional/PhD programs bc I know how hard it was to return home during grad school.

www.calebscholars.org
Caleb Scholars Program – Inuit-led conservation advocacy.
A fellowship program focused on providing community and cultural connection, professional development, mentorship, and financial support to students in the arctic.
www.calebscholars.org
July 21, 2025 at 9:28 PM
It took a number of emails and phone calls over a month to get this done for my daughter.
June 15, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I also think that we should be aware of the responsibilities we gain when we start developing two-way communication with other species, as I argued at the first meeting on AI and animal ethics. uchv.princeton.edu/events/artif...
Artificial Intelligence, Conscious Machines, and Animals: Broadening AI Ethics
Artificial intelligence (AI) is already having a huge impact on our lives and will continue to do so in the future. While most discussions of AI’s impact are about impacts on humans, this conference a...
uchv.princeton.edu
May 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I think we should be optimistic that machine learning will help us better understand animal signals, as I say in this @nautil.us article by Sarah Scoles also out yesterday. nautil.us/ai-could-hel...
AI Could Help Humans Understand Animals
But are animal dictionaries enough to demystify the animal mind?
nautil.us
May 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM