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Jakob Lohmar

@jakoblohmar.bsky.social
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PhD student at Oxford University Moral philosophy, global priorities research, animal ethics

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wdmacaskill.bsky.social @wdmacaskill.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
The trajectory of the future could soon get set in stone. In a new paper, I look at mechanisms through which the longterm future's course could get determined within our lifetimes.
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Jakob Lohmar @jakoblohmar.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
My paper on "The Moral Importance of Low-Welfare Species" is now available online first: journals.publishing.umich.edu/jpe/news/207/ It discusses whether benefits for species with small welfare ranges can outweigh significant human goods.
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The Moral Importance of Low-Welfare Species. Forthcoming article by Jakob Lohmar
Abstract: Many species seem to have much smaller welfare ranges than we do. Which importance should we assign to the welfare of these low-welfare species when we have to decide …
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Rhys Southan @rhysso.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Will a superintelligence preserve its goals just because that makes it better at achieving its goals? We argue no: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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A timing problem for instrumental convergence - Philosophical Studies
Those who worry about a superintelligent AI destroying humanity often appeal to the instrumental convergence thesis—the claim that even if we don’t know what a superintelligence’s ultimate goals will ...
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Kenny Torrella @kennytorrella.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
A new study has found that the documentary film Dominion is quite good at persuading people to eat less meat. I wrote about it, and whether the animal advocacy movement gave up on public persuasion too soon: www.vox.com/future-perfe...
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Is it even possible to convince people to stop eating meat?
Despite all the problems with meat, Americans are only eating more and more of it. Could this change people’s minds?
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Dr Heather Browning (Veit) @zoophilosophy.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Another exciting step forwards for lab grown meat products. Growth in this industry can only be a good thing for reducing animal suffering. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...
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'Lab-grown meat' approved for sale in Australia. Will people eat it?
Regulators approve a product grown from animal cells in a factory setting, putting Australia among only a handful of countries around the world to have deemed it safe for sale, while several countries...
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