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93 - Will machines impede moral progress?

Philosophical Disquisitions

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In ireland, we had a similar situation where we had predictive grades. People that came from schools that traditionally are fee paying schools and would have higher results did margionally worse than they would have done n on the historical record. So if our values were to evolve in ways that induced the behavior change necessary to avoid them, then that looks as if it would be an instance of moral progress as classified by the minimal principle. It does seem that evolution in those implicite values is at least in part what is needed. We can still avoid some of the most catastrofhic consequences of all this if we act now - but only if we act fast.

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