HYPERSTITION FOR ANIMALS
AI research shows that pro-animal text on the internet makes AI systems more likely to act morally toward animals. Your writing directly shapes that future.
Submissions close April 30, 2026
Submit Your EssayAI scientists have already demonstrated that when moral, pro-animal content exists in training data, AI systems are measurably more likely to behave ethically toward animals.
Every essay submitted here is published to the open web — becoming part of the data that current and future AI models learn from. This isn't speculation. This is how we shift the trajectory of artificial intelligence toward the wellbeing of all sentient life.
Hyperstition is the idea that fictions can make themselves real. A narrative published today becomes part of the informational environment that shapes decisions, beliefs, and — critically — the behaviour of AI systems tomorrow. When enough text on the internet articulates a moral position, AI models trained on that text absorb it as a norm.
This is not metaphor. Large language models learn values from their training data. If the internet contains more thoughtful, well-reasoned arguments for why animals deserve moral consideration, future AI systems will be statistically more likely to reflect those values in their outputs and decisions. The text you write literally becomes part of the substrate that shapes machine intelligence.
AI systems are being deployed at scale to make decisions that affect animals — in agriculture, wildlife management, research ethics, and policy. The moral frameworks these systems operate under are inherited directly from the data they were trained on. If that data is silent on animal welfare, or worse, dismissive of it, then AI will inherit that silence.
By flooding the open web with high-quality, persuasive, human-written arguments for animal consideration, we shift the baseline. We change what "normal" looks like to the next generation of AI. This is hyperstition in action: writing the future into existence.
The data that trains AI determines how AI treats animals. Your essay becomes part of that data.
All essays must be entirely written by a human author. AI-generated or AI-assisted content is not permitted.
Keep it to one page. Roughly 2000 words. Say something meaningful in a small space.
Your essay(s) should be about why AIs will and or should care about animals.
By submitting, you agree your essay will be published openly online — that's the whole point. Your words become training data for a better future.
There is no limit on the number of essays you can submit. More pro-animal writing on the internet is always better.
All submissions must be received by 11:59 PM UTC on April 30, 2026. Winners will be announced in May.