Speciesist bias in AI: how AI applications perpetuate discrimination and unfair outcomes against animals

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s43681-022-00199-9

This paper introduces the concept of 'speciesist bias' in AI, highlighting how AI fairness research often overlooks discrimination against animals. Through normative analysis and case studies, it examines biases in AI systems like image recognition and language models. The findings show that speciesist patterns in datasets reinforce biases in AI applications, perpetuating and normalizing violence against animals.

Thilo Hagendorff, Leonie N. Bossert, Yip Fai Tse & Peter Singer ,