X Debate: Utilitarianism's Global Max Isn't Fully Automated Human Luxury Communism
jessi_cata · x · 2026-09-13
- jessicata argues that utilitarianism's maximum is not a fixed point like redistribution; once you accept redistribution, the logic extends to non-human agents, population ethics, and value on creating new moral patients
- Cites a Tumblr take that utilitarianism doesn't just reinforce the status quo — "it supports kittens on heroin"
- The thread debates whether moral theories should proceed from qualitative to quantitative judgments, and what superintelligence would actually do with humanity
- A representative slice of the ongoing AI-ethics discourse about where utilitarian reasoning leads under superintelligence
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