• Grail@multiverse.soulism.net
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    2 hours ago

    I feel empowered to make certain subjective judgements about the value of others’ suffering. If you don’t, then how do you practice any ethics at all?

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      2 hours ago

      I do, as well, in limited fashion. But rarely am I in a position to make decisions that will impact the suffering of others. In those rare cases, I rely on the adage “Treat others as they would like to be treated” and rely on my intuition of what treatment they desire.

      I don’t see how that relates to AI in any way, though. Unless you are positing that the digital neural networks are suffering by responding to prompts? In which case, I’d say the alternative is non-existence and any form of existence is preferable to none. Others may argue that isn’t the case; such as Adam Raine.

      I think we both disagree with him, though, right?

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        28 minutes ago

        Nah, I think living as My assigned gender was pointless; equal in value to nonexistence. The life of a slave, like the animals humans eat, is worse than nonexistence.

        I’m in a position to make decisions that will impact the suffering of others every time I go to the grocery store. I could buy some meat, which increases demand for meat, which makes shops more likely to buy meat, which makes it more profitable for farmers to kill more cows. But I don’t. I’m vegan.