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
IMPACT This paper explores a novel ethical framework for evaluating AI-driven world-building, potentially influencing future AI alignment research.
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