On the object level it’s (also) important to emphasize that these guys don’t seem to be seriously risking their lives. At least one of them noted he’s taking vitamins, hydrating etc. On consequentialist grounds I consider this to be an overdetermined positive.
a hunger strike will eventually kill you even if you take vitamins, electrolytes, and sugar. (a way to prevent death despite the target not giving in is often a group of supporters publicly begging the person on the hunger strike to stop and not kill themselves for some plausible reasons, but sometimes people ignore that and die.) I’m not entirely sure what Guido’s intention is if Anthropic doesn’t give in.
Sure, I just want to defend that it would also be reasonable if they were doing a more intense and targeted protest. “Here is a specific policy you must change” and “I will literally sacrifice my life if you don’t make this change”. So I’m talking about the stronger principle.
On the object level it’s (also) important to emphasize that these guys don’t seem to be seriously risking their lives. At least one of them noted he’s taking vitamins, hydrating etc. On consequentialist grounds I consider this to be an overdetermined positive.
a hunger strike will eventually kill you even if you take vitamins, electrolytes, and sugar. (a way to prevent death despite the target not giving in is often a group of supporters publicly begging the person on the hunger strike to stop and not kill themselves for some plausible reasons, but sometimes people ignore that and die.) I’m not entirely sure what Guido’s intention is if Anthropic doesn’t give in.
Sure, I just want to defend that it would also be reasonable if they were doing a more intense and targeted protest. “Here is a specific policy you must change” and “I will literally sacrifice my life if you don’t make this change”. So I’m talking about the stronger principle.