TL;DR: I don’t think there’s sufficient evidence to make such a claim.
It could go either way, but because the statement is phrased positively, I disagree. I think it’s more likely to improve the conditions of non-human animals than not, because I think it may accelerate lab-grown meat (dairy, eggs, etc.) technology to the point where it becomes cheaper than farmed meat, in which case the conditions of animals will considerably improve. However, if this doesn’t occur, AGI could further increase animal farming and efficiency, considerably worsening the conditions of non-human animals. While in the past, technology heralded expansions of the moral sphere, I think the case of non-human animals may be psychologically very difficult in comparison. If AGI is independent of humans but still aligned with their interests (which is itself improbable), we could see it trying to improve the conditions of non-human animals for the same reasons we do, but this is probably unlikely. Of course, the proposition makes no position on the likelihood that it will go well for animals, human or otherwise. It’s unlikely AGI will significantly improve the conditions of wild animals, as humans aren’t likely to have the incentive to, and alignment with human interests means that the AGI probably won’t either.
TL;DR: I don’t think there’s sufficient evidence to make such a claim.
It could go either way, but because the statement is phrased positively, I disagree. I think it’s more likely to improve the conditions of non-human animals than not, because I think it may accelerate lab-grown meat (dairy, eggs, etc.) technology to the point where it becomes cheaper than farmed meat, in which case the conditions of animals will considerably improve. However, if this doesn’t occur, AGI could further increase animal farming and efficiency, considerably worsening the conditions of non-human animals. While in the past, technology heralded expansions of the moral sphere, I think the case of non-human animals may be psychologically very difficult in comparison. If AGI is independent of humans but still aligned with their interests (which is itself improbable), we could see it trying to improve the conditions of non-human animals for the same reasons we do, but this is probably unlikely. Of course, the proposition makes no position on the likelihood that it will go well for animals, human or otherwise. It’s unlikely AGI will significantly improve the conditions of wild animals, as humans aren’t likely to have the incentive to, and alignment with human interests means that the AGI probably won’t either.