Episode Details

During the week of March 23 – 29[1], we’ll be debating the statement:

“If AGI goes well for humans, it’ll probably[2] go well for animals”

I'm open to minor changes to the phrasing of this statement, but the general shape is locked in, since people might want to start writing posts for the debate week this weekend.

In this post, I’ll give some background on why this topic matters and share some tips and resources to help you form a view on the topic, before the debate week begins. But first:

How does a debate week work?

During an EA Forum debate week, we put a debate slider on the frontpage banner. It looks something like this:

Anyone who logs into the Forum can then vote on this banner. When you vote, you’re also asked if you want to leave a comment, which will appear on a discussion thread, and be attached to your icon on the banner.

Alongside the conversation in the discussion thread, Forum users also write posts which might influence readers towards agreeing or disagreeing with the statement.

Past debate weeks:

1. AI Welfare Debate Week (Jul 1–7, 2024) — "AI welfare should be an EA [...]

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Outline:

(00:42) How does a debate week work?

(01:24) Past debate weeks:

(02:02) Why this conversation matters

(03:30) Questions to consider

(04:42) Reading list

(05:37) How to contribute to debate week

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First published:
March 6th, 2026

Source:
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/tscrmtjpQjDGdhvgQ/announcing-agi-and-animals-debate-week

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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

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