AI alignment to humans will in practice avoid moral catastrophes to animals
Humans are currently very motivated to perpetuate moral catastrophes to animals. If AI alignment means aligned to the intent of their users, then AI systems help humans perpetuate moral catastrophes. If AI alignment is in terms of human moral preferences, then even well-chosen mechanism for aggregating human preferences will select for speciest values. There is a strong sense in which avoiding moral catastrophes to animals is usually misaligned with human preferences. Admittedly the same could be said of other moral issues such as attitudes towards outgroups and foreigners. There appears to be room in the current human alignment agenda for ensuring AI does not succumb to tribal prejudices, so there is likely scope for compatability between the current alignment agenda and avoiding moral catastrophes to animals. It does not happen by default and given how deep speciesm goes, it is likely much harder to avoid. Hence, why I still disagree with this poll as written.
Humans are currently very motivated to perpetuate moral catastrophes to animals. If AI alignment means aligned to the intent of their users, then AI systems help humans perpetuate moral catastrophes. If AI alignment is in terms of human moral preferences, then even well-chosen mechanism for aggregating human preferences will select for speciest values. There is a strong sense in which avoiding moral catastrophes to animals is usually misaligned with human preferences. Admittedly the same could be said of other moral issues such as attitudes towards outgroups and foreigners. There appears to be room in the current human alignment agenda for ensuring AI does not succumb to tribal prejudices, so there is likely scope for compatability between the current alignment agenda and avoiding moral catastrophes to animals. It does not happen by default and given how deep speciesm goes, it is likely much harder to avoid. Hence, why I still disagree with this poll as written.