If animals continue to exist in a post-AGI world, animal suffering will not persist.
Human sadism, greed, stupidity and raw hunger will still continue to exist and therefore so will animal suffering. The overpopulation of under-resourced countries guarantees this.
AIs can't suffer unless they're conscious, therefore the priority should be to establish whether or not they are conscious (or to what degree) first.
Human sadism, greed, stupidity and raw hunger will still continue to exist and therefore so will animal suffering. The overpopulation of under-resourced countries guarantees this.