His take is so horrible. How could you be on the alien’s side? What argument could they make? It is jarring that even toying with the idea of causing the death of a particular group of people is strictly taboo and grounds for cancellation, but stating that you would seriously entertain arguments in favor of letting everyone die is okay. As if the biggest wrong is the discrimination rather than the death. Death is the biggest wrong and supporting omnicide is the worst possible position.
Upon reflection, he doesn’t say he is in favor of an alien plan where everyone gets killed. It could be that the alien AI offers something beneficial to humanity. However, “war” suggests that the interaction is not peaceful. I retract my claim that he is endorsing entertaining proposals for omnicide and substitute it with an observation that he is endorsing entertaining proposals from aliens which might include omnicidal or disempowering plans, and that he is not partial to humanity’s cause.
His take is so horrible. How could you be on the alien’s side? What argument could they make? It is jarring that even toying with the idea of causing the death of a particular group of people is strictly taboo and grounds for cancellation, but stating that you would seriously entertain arguments in favor of letting everyone die is okay. As if the biggest wrong is the discrimination rather than the death. Death is the biggest wrong and supporting omnicide is the worst possible position.
Upon reflection, he doesn’t say he is in favor of an alien plan where everyone gets killed. It could be that the alien AI offers something beneficial to humanity. However, “war” suggests that the interaction is not peaceful. I retract my claim that he is endorsing entertaining proposals for omnicide and substitute it with an observation that he is endorsing entertaining proposals from aliens which might include omnicidal or disempowering plans, and that he is not partial to humanity’s cause.