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This document comprises a guide for productive engagement on Slack and our general posting guidelines and policies.

Who is AI for Animals for?

Our Slack community is for everyone interested in advancing AI and other technologies for non-humans. We believe in creating an inclusive environment where diverse perspectives are valued and respected. While many members work in research, tech, animal advocacy, or related fields, we welcome people from all backgrounds and at different stages of their journey. Whether you're just starting out or already involved, if you have a sincere desire to leverage AI to help non-human animals, you're welcome here.

Our Values

As a community, we prioritize the following values:

📊 Acting with Impact

We leverage AI and other advanced technologies to improve animal lives through evidence-based, scalable, and innovative approaches that make a real difference.

👂 Openness & Inclusivity

We foster a welcoming space for curiosity and diverse perspectives, valuing voices from tech, advocacy, research, and beyond.

👥 Collaborative Engagement

We promote open collaboration, constructive feedback, and mutual support to drive progress in AI for Animals through shared knowledge.

General Guidelines for Engagement

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Please find our channel-specific guidelines here.

AI for Animals (AIA) is fertile soil rather than fruit - Give back, Create virtuous cycles, Scale yourself!

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Before you start posting anything: Make sure that your profile is “interact-able”!

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Found a broadly useful resource? Share it better than you found it!

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Need help with something that others might also need help with?

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Want to meet someone from a certain organization?

The Most Important Guidelines

We have some community guidelines that might not be immediately obvious to community members and are, therefore, quite commonly violated. Here are the most common ones:

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🎯 AI for Animals (AIA) is focused on steering AI development to maximize its positive impact on non-humans

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🙏🏽 Make sure you're posting on the right channel.

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👸🏼 Ask for skilled help

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🧵 Reply in thread

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Short on time? Return and read below as a future reference if you need more guidance.

Your Responsibilities in Slack

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🎯 Stay on topic

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💯 Share it better than you found it

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👸🏼 Self-promote respectfully

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🙏🏽 Use Slack features responsibly

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⏱️ Be mindful of members' time

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⛔ Handling violations

How to Engage in Productive Discussions

We believe that productive discussions and constructive disagreements are vital for progress and the development of the AI for Animals field. In order to ensure that they are genuinely productive, we ask our community members to adhere to the following norms:

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💡 Be curious

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🔎 Be clear

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📌 Be constructive

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💙 Be kind

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⛔ Things to avoid

We will enforce these norms if we find that violating them has led or will lead to hostile, unproductive, bad faith, or off-topic discussions.

Our Anti-Harassment Policy

Our community is dedicated to providing a harassment-free experience for everyone.

We follow this code of conduct for our harassment guidelines as well as this general Code of Conduct for our Slack Space:

👍Slack Code of Conduct

Guidelines May Evolve

The above are the guidelines for engagement in our community based on our experience so far! As the community grows, the guidelines will be evolving as well, and over time we will cover more topics.

Reporting and Feedback

If you have feedback, concerns, or experienced something less-than-great, please reach out to any of our Admins on Slack (@Constance Li or @Chloe Jefferson) or send an anonymous message.

Community Guidelines