Animals as ICT Stakeholders
summary
Argues that animal welfare should be treated as a concrete non-functional requirement in ICT and presents an interdisciplinary assessment framework. Proposes a ‘vegan digital product’ concept and a GHG‑style protocol mapping scope 1/2/3 to the software lifecycle, documents harms (data center land use, biologging causing population declines, drones disturbing wildlife), and suggests using Value‑of‑Statistical‑Life–style metrics to quantify impacts for procurement and design.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:59Animal impact on ICT
- 5:04Animal consciousness science
- 7:51Documented ICT impacts
- 10:56Vegan software definition
- 12:47Digital impact evaluation protocol
- 15:17Q&A
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