to me that's exciting and optimistic because any marginal efficiency in animal testing pays off in net-humane treatment of lab animals.

it's counter intuitive, but if even a small portion of animal rights money went into tech solutions like this, they could have an orders of magnitude greater impact on welfare.

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ashwinsundar 4 days ago | parent [-]

I appreciate the perspective, but I think that tech solutions like this have plenty of opportunities to bootstrap and apply for various grants and funds (which we are doing). I'd rather see more money go towards non-tech solutions and direct care for animals. Shelters are notoriously underfunded and understaffed, and the number of pets people have adopted and given up has boomed since the pandemic. Not to mention the number of shady animal mills out there exacerbating the issue. Tech can't solve that problem, but more volunteers and outreach can.

The tech community is doing just fine in terms of money at the moment.

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motohagiography 3 days ago | parent [-]

indeed, though i was thinking more in terms of actual investment with an expected return on growth rather than just patronage. it sounded valuable and worth investing in.

	▲	ashwinsundar 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		Happy to chat more if you or someone you know thinks there is an investment opportunity here. My email is in my profile.