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Computer: there is a small group of unpopular people causing social problems. Liquidating them humanely would increase net happiness at the least cost. Shall
by vearwhershuh 7y ago
Computer: there is a small group of unpopular people causing social problems. Liquidating them humanely would increase net happiness at the least cost.
Shall we proceed?
- Digit-Al 7y agoThat's a strawman. Most moral frameworks forbid killing, so that would be built into it. Therefore murdering a bunch of people to increase happiness would not even be on the table.
- exdsq 7y ago> Most moral frameworks Who picks the frameworks used? What about more contested topics which have a closer social split like abortions? Who decides what is and isn't ethical, and how does this cope with social divides or in places with toally different moral frameworks? Honestly I think this problem is probably harder than the AGI part!
- AnimalMuppet 7y agoThere are some who regard abortion as exactly "murdering a bunch of people in order to increase happiness". There are even some (hopefully a smaller number) who regard genocide the same way.