So far, much of technological development seems to have gone well for humans—for example, in developed nations, we have never had to do less hard manual labour, or had access to more information. That has not led to an improvement in the quality of non-human animal lives. In fact, we have seen exactly the opposite. AGI is likely to amplify this effect unless we make a significant conscious and coordinated effort to steer it another direction.
So far, much of technological development seems to have gone well for humans—for example, in developed nations, we have never had to do less hard manual labour, or had access to more information. That has not led to an improvement in the quality of non-human animal lives. In fact, we have seen exactly the opposite. AGI is likely to amplify this effect unless we make a significant conscious and coordinated effort to steer it another direction.