papers/zoo-foundation-mission/sections/99-acknowledgments.tex

\section*{Acknowledgments}


This work stands on the shoulders of countless open-source contributors: PyTorch, Hugging Face Transformers, DeepSpeed, PEFT library developers; conservation biologists collecting field data under harsh conditions; indigenous communities sharing traditional ecological knowledge; blockchain pioneers building censorship-resistant infrastructure; and students worldwide choosing to apply AI for planetary benefit rather than profit maximization. To all who contributed code, data, funding, expertise, or moral support—you are co-authors of this future. Thank you.

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