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AI ethicist proposes 'Saturation View' axiology valuing life variety

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A new population axiology called the Saturation view, developed with Christian Tarsney, proposes that the value of an experience or life is diminished by the existence of similar duplicates. This perspective suggests that the total value of a world depends on both the overall welfare and its distribution across diverse experiences. The authors aim to address issues like the monoculture problem and the repugnant conclusion by formalizing this idea, differentiating it from metaphysical theories of identity. AI

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AI ethicist proposes 'Saturation View' axiology valuing life variety

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  1. LessWrong (AI tag) TIER_1 English(EN) · wdmacaskill ·

    The Saturation View: some responses

    <p>A couple of weeks ago, I published <a href="https://www.forethought.org/research/the-saturation-view"><u>a draft of a new population axiology</u></a> that I’ve been working on with Christian Tarsney. It got a lot of comments and pushback — thanks to everyone who engaged! They’…

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