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> we’re not just navigating a script like a computer

We just don't see the script.

One of the primal driving forces behind creating AI is to have slaves with high intelligence doing work no one else would 24+/7+.

I assume you'd be against using animal labour as they would be suffering. But would you say the same about tractors?

Going by the logic in that comment, we should nuke ourselves and try to blow up the Sun for good measure to reduce suffering.



> We just don't see the script.

True.

> One of the primal driving forces behind creating AI is to have slaves with high intelligence doing work no one else would 24+/7+.

True

> I assume you'd be against using animal labour as they would be suffering.

Animals doing labour while suffering != animals doing labour while not suffering.

> But would you say the same about tractors? Going by the logic in that comment, we should nuke ourselves and try to blow up the Sun for good measure to reduce suffering.

I think you should read again what I wrote and consider if you're being illogical towards what I wrote. The all or nothing thought of yours, isn't a gotcha (if perfectionism isn't obtainable) and it doesn't mean we shouldn't acknowledge the best universe while striving towards one of the least total suffering possible for us while being able to enjoy life.




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