Thanks for reading, Karen! The challenge you’ve mentioned—ensuring economic tools are used in service of moral circle expansion rather than commodification—is a major one. Human history, in this regard, lends itself more easily to pessimism than optimism. I don’t have any easy answers and I’d certainly need more time to think about it but my initial thought is that it seems there are two major steps we could consider here. Firstly, we need increased transparency in animal exploitation industries. And secondly, we need engagement in/facilitation of animal abuse to be seen as more of a black mark against a company than it currently is. If all goes well, AI could potentially help us act in service of these goals.
Thanks for reading, Karen! The challenge you’ve mentioned—ensuring economic tools are used in service of moral circle expansion rather than commodification—is a major one. Human history, in this regard, lends itself more easily to pessimism than optimism. I don’t have any easy answers and I’d certainly need more time to think about it but my initial thought is that it seems there are two major steps we could consider here. Firstly, we need increased transparency in animal exploitation industries. And secondly, we need engagement in/facilitation of animal abuse to be seen as more of a black mark against a company than it currently is. If all goes well, AI could potentially help us act in service of these goals.