• eduardog3000 [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Most of them are either completely useless or actively harmful.

      Like the one about the AI that will punish anyone who didn't actively work towards making it. At best it's useless because it will never exist, at worst it's actively harmful because the existence of the thought experiment itself will cause people to make it real.

      • hexaflexagonbear [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        But this one isn't, this is a valid critique at a very obvious and very real issue with an ethical framework that is at the core of the socio-political structure we currently live under.

      • UlyssesT [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        The Torment Nexus is right around the corner, as inspired by the book Please Don't Build the Torment Nexus! :so-true: