“You know what? This isn’t about your feelings. A paperclip is worth far more than your brain’s feelings of comfort or discomfort with a plan. Does computing the expected utility feel too cold-blooded for your taste? Well, that feeling isn’t even a feather in the scales, when a paperclip is at stake. Just shut up and multiply.”
“You know what? This isn’t about your feelings. A paperclip is worth far more than your brain’s feelings of comfort or discomfort with a plan. Does computing the expected utility feel too cold-blooded for your taste? Well, that feeling isn’t even a feather in the scales, when a paperclip is at stake. Just shut up and multiply.”
Yes, paperclips are more important than (biological) brains’ feeling of pain. But the tradeoff was against my feelings, not ape feelings.