To clarify: the point of this parenthetical was to state reasons why a world without transhumanist progress may be terrible. I don’t think animal welfare concerns disappear or even are remedied much with transhumanism in the picture. As long as animal welfare concerns don’t get much worse however, transhumanism changes the world either from good to amazing (if we figure out animal welfare) or terrible to good (if we don’t). Assuming AI doesn’t kill us obviously.
To clarify: the point of this parenthetical was to state reasons why a world without transhumanist progress may be terrible. I don’t think animal welfare concerns disappear or even are remedied much with transhumanism in the picture. As long as animal welfare concerns don’t get much worse however, transhumanism changes the world either from good to amazing (if we figure out animal welfare) or terrible to good (if we don’t). Assuming AI doesn’t kill us obviously.