Did anyone reading this ever get a suggestion from 80k to consider working on animal welfare? Is anyone working on animal welfare because of 80k?
If you “still think factory farming is an urgent problem [...]. But in the end, decided to focus on something else.” I would say that it makes sense to not alienate non-vegans who could help with AI Safety by mentioning non-human animals.
I agree that it makes sense, although using the term “people” and mentioning that it means also non-human animals in a footnote seems a bit dishonest to me. I’m uncertain about the tradeoffs between telling the truth and trying to maximize impact here.
Did anyone reading this ever get a suggestion from 80k to consider working on animal welfare? Is anyone working on animal welfare because of 80k?
If you “still think factory farming is an urgent problem [...]. But in the end, decided to focus on something else.” I would say that it makes sense to not alienate non-vegans who could help with AI Safety by mentioning non-human animals.
I agree that it makes sense, although using the term “people” and mentioning that it means also non-human animals in a footnote seems a bit dishonest to me. I’m uncertain about the tradeoffs between telling the truth and trying to maximize impact here.