“How AI is affecting farmed aquatic animals. Part 1: Innovation” by Rethink Priorities, Sophie Williamson, Hannah McKay🔸

AI in aquaculture research at Rethink Priorities Rethink Priorities’ How AI is affecting farmed aquatic animals is a three-part series that examines AI technologies being developed to address challenges in the aquaculture industry. As global aquaculture faces economic and technical constraints, this series examines whether and how the industry is turning to AI solutions to facilitate expansion. The series evaluates the innovation, deployment, and animal welfare impacts of these technologies to help animal advocates and funders identify which developments should be endorsed and what actions should be taken to prevent increased animal suffering. For all queries, please contact [email protected]. AI in farmed aquaculture series Artificial intelligence (AI) introduces new capabilities to animal agriculture that could alter production methods, economic structures, and animal welfare outcomes. Responding strategically requires an understanding of how quickly such changes will unfold, whether they will benefit or harm animal welfare, and what interventions will remain relevant. In this three-part series, we take a close look at how AI will be used over the next five years in aquaculture, which collectively farms hundreds of billions of animals each year for food. Part 1: Innovation This report analyzes the current state of AI innovation in aquaculture, including [...] ---Outline:(00:18) AI in farmed aquaculture series(02:09) Executive summary(04:33) Background(04:36) Technological change is a multi-stage process(07:00) Challenges faced by the aquaculture industry(12:12) Cost-breakdown examples in aquaculture(15:18) Scope(15:52) Identification of AI technologies in aquaculture(16:51) Results(17:33) Stock and growth management leads, with other functions following closely(23:20) The headquarters of AI innovation are predominantly found in the US and Norway(26:51) AI technologies predominantly apply to fishes(30:28) Conclusions(31:37) Acknowledgements(32:51) Appendix(32:55) Method(32:58) Desk research(34:35) Data checking(35:45) Definitions(35:49) Attributing companies and recording headquarters and founding dates(36:12) Product functions of AI technologies(37:14) Classification of species targeted(38:40) Criteria for impacting farmed animal welfare(38:54) Ways in which we could be wrong(38:58) How our database could be incomplete or inaccurate(41:37) Regional groupings(42:34) Bibliography --- First published: December 19th, 2025 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/H27XSwiYxqeLEA5kZ/how-ai-is-affecting-farmed-aquatic-animals-part-1-innovation --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. ---Images from the article:Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.

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