2024 Conference Speaker
Virginie Simoneau-Gilbert
University of Oxford
The dangers of AI farming
Virginie Simoneau-Gilbert is currently pursuing a DPhil in Philosophy at the University of Oxford with the support of a Rhodes scholarship. Her thesis explores moral behaviour in nonhuman animals. Her research interests include animal ethics, practical ethics, moral theory, and philosophy of emotion. In 2023, she was a fellow at the Global Priorities Institute in Oxford, where she worked on the use of AI in animal farming and its impact on the well-being of farmed animals. She is also the author or co-author of two books written in French on the history of animal advocacy.