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22 - Shard Theory with Quintin Pope

AXRP - the AI X-risk Research Podcast

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The Importance of Symmetries in Food Choices

i was responding to the thing you said about how like sort of high level philosophical discussion doesn't influence food choices or something like that. i think part of the story is that we tend to have a learned preference for like symmetry in our belief systems and so symmetries and moral belief systems tend to suggest applying consistent principles across moral patienthood. okay yeah my understanding is you're pretty unusual in this regard no offense but like it's not an impossible thing to happen  it can end up in situations where you're like applying some sort of like generalized moral preferences to things that don't resemble you across physical dimensions such as fish and animals.

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