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[–] 3 points 23 hours ago (8 children)

Because utilitarians are amoral. In fact, the AI ethics "intellectuals" are usually utilitarians, as seen with "Longtermism" and "Effective Altruism."

You need to realize that your stance is not going to be enough.

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  • [–] 5 points 18 hours ago* (7 children)

    But utilitarianism is a moral system. How can it be amoral...? Its by definition a moral system. You could put fort the argument that it can sometimes reach immoral conclusions, but calling it amoral is just... mixing things up at best and being disingenuous at worse.

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    Pointing to a moral horizon in the future where things "balance out" is a tool to dismiss moral distinctions in the current, lived context.

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