Oscar Horta
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Biography
Oscar Horta is a Spanish animal activist and moral philosopher. He is a professor in the Department of Philosophy and Anthropology at the University of Santiago de Compostela and a co-founder of the nonprofit organisation Animal Ethics. Active in vegan and antispeciesist advocacy since the mid-1990s, Horta has worked with several Spanish animal rights groups and has served on the advisory boards of international organisations concerned with animal ethics and suffering.
Known For
Seantience is a short documentary exploring the sentience of aquatic animals, including invertebrates.
Seantience
The film explores the potential impact of artificial intelligence on the situation of animals—a crucial topic that remains largely undiscussed. It addresses the present and potential use of AI in factory farms and, conversely, in reducing wild animal suffering. It also examines how reducing speciesist attitudes in frontier AI systems can have an impact in the present and the future. Finally, it considers how AI tools could boost our efforts in animal advocacy.