


Aza Raskin
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@aza
Co-founder for Center for Humane Technology & Earth Species Project. Co-Host of Your Undivided Attention.









Will AI help us break the interspecies understanding barrier in time to change our relationship with the rest of nature? @aza will keynote #SXSW2026 to talk about what happens when can listen to and learn from the languages of other species. The clock is ticking. 🌍

CHT co-founder @tristanharris joined @StevenBartlett on Diary of a CEO for a wide-ranging conversation on the broken incentives shaping the AI race, the narrow path to a better future, and why this is THE moment for civic engagement on AI—before our path is decided for us.

Meet our speakers for the AI for Non-Human Animal Communication workshop at @NeurIPSConf! 🐬 @LaelaSayigh – decoding dolphin communication 🦇 @oisinmacaodha – AI for biodiversity monitoring 🐦 Julie Elie – neural mechanisms of songbird & bat vocal learning

In our annual Ask Us Anything episode, there was one question that kept coming up: The broken incentives behind social media, and now AI, have done so much damage to our society, but what is the alternative? In this week’s episode of Your Undivided Attention, @tristanharris and @aza set out to answer this question by imagining what a world with humane technology might look like—one where we recognized the harms of social media early and embarked on a whole of society effort to fix them. This alternative history serves to show that there are narrow pathways to a better future, if we have the imagination and the courage to make them a reality. Link to the full episode in the replies.






The ozone hole was a man-made crisis that posed a catastrophic risk to life on earth. Humanity could have just thrown up their hands and given up. Instead, we rallied together in an unprecedented way to fix the problem. How did that happen—and what can it teach us as we navigate the crisis of uncontrollable AI? Find out on this week’s episode of Your Undivided Attention with renowned environmental scientist Susan Solomon: Watch - youtu.be/Qx0GRpPW2PA Listen - bit.ly/4gmSUkY




Over 8 million species share our planet—and until now we’ve only understood one. We've proposed a talk at #SXSW2026 all about how AI is helping us listen to the voices of nature. If you'd like to see us there, click the heart on our proposal to vote💚⬇️ participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sxsw…

📢 Call for Submissions ESP is organizing the AI for Non-Human Animal Communication workshop at @NeurIPSConf 2025! We welcome short papers & proposals that explore the use of AI in understanding animal communication. 🗓️ Deadline: Aug 31, 2025 🔗 aiforanimalcomms.org

Last quarter we celebrated big wins—from open-sourcing NatureLM-audio to launching new partnerships & projects. Today, we look ahead to a new chapter as @KatieZacarian passes the baton after 3 incredible years of leadership. Read more: mailchi.mp/a5d101927fdd/y…







