I actually would agree with the inverse of this statement:
“If AI goes well for animals, it’ll go well for humans”
We are interdependent beings. And yet survival—particularly the contemporary late-capitalist understanding of survival—is treated as zero-sum. This is common amongst social movements: To view success and justice for one group as coming at the expense of another. And while the reality may be that in one snapshot of time, it looks that one is benefitting more than another, if we zoom out and understand how things undulate, it becomes clear that on the whole, when we lift up others, it is mutually beneficial.
I think that when we care and construct a world that honors the most vulnerable, we create a better world for ourselves. However, I disagree with the causality of this statement because “human” ends, as they are currently interpreted by systems of power, are exclusionary of animal interests.
I actually would agree with the inverse of this statement:
“If AI goes well for animals, it’ll go well for humans”
We are interdependent beings. And yet survival—particularly the contemporary late-capitalist understanding of survival—is treated as zero-sum. This is common amongst social movements: To view success and justice for one group as coming at the expense of another. And while the reality may be that in one snapshot of time, it looks that one is benefitting more than another, if we zoom out and understand how things undulate, it becomes clear that on the whole, when we lift up others, it is mutually beneficial.
I think that when we care and construct a world that honors the most vulnerable, we create a better world for ourselves. However, I disagree with the causality of this statement because “human” ends, as they are currently interpreted by systems of power, are exclusionary of animal interests.