“What failure looks like for animals” by Alistair Stewart, Nicholas Kees Dupuis
Update: 2025-09-04
Description
Introduction
Inspired by Paul Christiano's 2019 piece What failure looks like, we sketch a range of ways in which a future with powerful AI may go badly for animals.
We suggest:
- At some point in the future, AI is likely to become very powerful (e.g. AGI, TAI, ASI).
- This point may be soon (e.g. by 2030).
- Powerful AI is likely to have a huge impact on animals.
- We don’t know what this impact on animals will be, and it could be very bad or catastrophic.
Here are two philosophical assumptions we make for the purposes of this piece:
- The moral value and relevance of animals derives from their status as sentient individuals. Their membership of a group (like a species), their role in or impact on an ecosystem, or their aesthetic value in the eyes of humans fall outside the scope of this piece.
- Adopting a pluralistic [...]
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Outline:
(00:11 ) Introduction
(02:12 ) Ways things go badly for animals
(08:33 ) Conclusion
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First published:
September 3rd, 2025
Source:
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/DHqDsSCCt7udcBYcw/what-failure-looks-like-for-animals
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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.
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