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Erik Hoel on Effective Altruism, Utilitarianism, and the Repugnant Conclusion

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The Utilitarianism of Artificial Intelligence

e a is the biggest thunder thunder of this of research into so called ai safety, wondering, what can we do about it, and so on. So their views on this matter must necessarily have sort of like in practice effects, right? And let me give an example of that: In william caskell's latest book, when he talks about this issue of a i safety as a so called ex essential risk, that is, a risk that has the potential to destroy the earth. But if machines took over and killed all the human beings, civilization wouldn't really end. According to utilitarianism, maximibin the most good for most people are people. A i isit is

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