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0 pointslodi8y ago0 comments

Maximize human population divided by the time integral of all human suffering (taken from now to the heat death of the universe.)

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Strilanc8y ago· 1 in thread

Congratulations, your AI wants to convert all matter in the universe into lobotomized humans.

lodiOP8y ago

That's suboptimal; a fully realized human would suffer less than a lobotomized human.

Also, we don't need an AI that's ethically perfect, just equal or better to an average human.

chillee8y ago

This kind of stuff is pretty tricky. If you only account for average human suffering, not only do you not account for happiness but you fall into the trap of concluding that it's best to kill all people suffering.

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