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7 Jun 2023 Conversations with Tyler Peter Singer on Utilitarianism, Influence, and Controversial Ideas
“I think that’s perhaps why there’s been more of a tendency to talk about that and focus on it than is really justified.”
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- Peter Singer
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- 7 Jun 2023
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…Is there too much emphasis on existential risk from AGI in your opinion? I’m not an expert on that risk, but yes, I think there is too much of an emphasis. I think perhaps that has something to do with a lot of the people in AI are people who like these kinds of problems. How are you going to align super-intelligent AGI with human values? That’s a really interesting problem, and in some ways, it’s a more interesting problem than how are you going to reduce the suffering of animals in factory farms? Or even, how are you going to help people in extreme poverty? I think that’s perhaps why there’s been more of a tendency to talk about that and focus on it than is really justified. Not everyone knows you’ve written a book on Hegel. What have you learned from Hegel, who is not a utilitarian, right? Not in a simple way.…
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