This article has given me an idea about the new worst case scenario for preference utiltiarianism: A lot of computing power and an algorythm that will make different minds pop in and out of existence. Each time the mind has a different combination of preferences out of some vast template space for possible minds. And each time, the mind is turned off (forever) after a very brief period of existence. How much computing power and time would it need to force a preference utiltiarian to torture every human being on earth if that were the only way to prevent the simulation?
This article has given me an idea about the new worst case scenario for preference utiltiarianism: A lot of computing power and an algorythm that will make different minds pop in and out of existence. Each time the mind has a different combination of preferences out of some vast template space for possible minds. And each time, the mind is turned off (forever) after a very brief period of existence. How much computing power and time would it need to force a preference utiltiarian to torture every human being on earth if that were the only way to prevent the simulation?