One take is that what is happening is that the movement cares more about animal welfare as a cause area over time, but that the care and concern for AI safety/βx-risk reduction has increased even more, and so people are shifting their limited time and resources towards those cause areas. This leads to the dynamic of the movement wanting animal advocacy efforts to win, but not being the ones to dedicate their donations or career to the effort.
One take is that what is happening is that the movement cares more about animal welfare as a cause area over time, but that the care and concern for AI safety/βx-risk reduction has increased even more, and so people are shifting their limited time and resources towards those cause areas. This leads to the dynamic of the movement wanting animal advocacy efforts to win, but not being the ones to dedicate their donations or career to the effort.