“Asymmetries, AI and Animal Advocacy” by Kevin Xia 🔸

Thanks to Jeff, Max Taylor, Joanna Michalska, Albert Didriksen and Koen van Pelt for feedback on this post. All mistakes are my own. This post does not necessarily reflect the views of my employer.

AI development is happening fast and the implications could be numerous and fundamentally transformative for the animal movement. There is a lot to be won, but a lot at risk as well.[1] But I don’t think one needs to be convinced of short AGI timelines to pay close attention to what is going on in AI. You just have to be convinced that as a movement, we are (a) dramatically under-invested in AI for animals, given the likelihood of things changing quite radically, (b) under-prepared for how things may change eventually (whether this is in 3 years or 30) and/or (c) that there is little to lose by thinking ambitiously about, and safeguarding against, the [...]

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Outline:

(01:14) Whats the problem?

(03:05) What are asymmetries?

(07:32) An alternative way of framing

(08:32) Conclusion

The original text contained 6 footnotes which were omitted from this narration.

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First published:
May 16th, 2025

Source:
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/orzo8tQfGJuhpWYzA/asymmetries-ai-and-animal-advocacy

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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.