Thanks for the great post! I was aware of the power of exponential growth in other movements/spaces but never thought to apply it to the pro-animal movement, so that was an ‘aha’ moment for me.
I’m curious though—in what way do you think the concept of exponential growth might not apply to the pro animal movement? The examples you’ve given in the post make it tempting to call the rate of growth exponential, but I’d be curious to hear your thoughts on scenarios where this might not be true.
Funding is another major obstacle, we clearly don’t have the resources to compete with animal agriculture on computing power. That’s why I think our best bet is open sourcing models and data (which animal agriculture won’t do because they give them a competitive advantage) and leveraging the power of a passionate community to improve our models, rather than “throwing money at the problem”.
Whilst it’s not really an issue of exponential growth not applying to animal advocates, one other major concern is that exponential growth can also apply to the animal agriculture industry, as @GoodHorse413🔸 pointed out. I think that’s a threat we should take very seriously as a movement and something we should aim to disrupt through a combination of lobbying for legislative changes and engaging in corporate campaigns to restrict or ban various uses of AI in factory farms and slaughterhouses.
Thanks for the great post! I was aware of the power of exponential growth in other movements/spaces but never thought to apply it to the pro-animal movement, so that was an ‘aha’ moment for me.
I’m curious though—in what way do you think the concept of exponential growth might not apply to the pro animal movement? The examples you’ve given in the post make it tempting to call the rate of growth exponential, but I’d be curious to hear your thoughts on scenarios where this might not be true.
One major obstacle I see is the slow rate of adoption of AI by animal advocates. Currently, about 50% of animal advocates rarely or never use AI in their work: https://www.openpaws.ai/research-and-reports/report-on-the-use-of-ai-in-animal-advocacy
Funding is another major obstacle, we clearly don’t have the resources to compete with animal agriculture on computing power. That’s why I think our best bet is open sourcing models and data (which animal agriculture won’t do because they give them a competitive advantage) and leveraging the power of a passionate community to improve our models, rather than “throwing money at the problem”.
Whilst it’s not really an issue of exponential growth not applying to animal advocates, one other major concern is that exponential growth can also apply to the animal agriculture industry, as @GoodHorse413🔸 pointed out. I think that’s a threat we should take very seriously as a movement and something we should aim to disrupt through a combination of lobbying for legislative changes and engaging in corporate campaigns to restrict or ban various uses of AI in factory farms and slaughterhouses.