Blog Claiming 'Insects Matter More Than People' Goes Viral, Draws Extinction-Logic Backlash
mjdramstead · x · 2026-09-21
Blogger @Benthamsbulldog published "Insects Matter More Than People in the Aggregate," which broke containment online; he added an edit clarifying he speaks only for himself.
@xriskology amplified it with a jab: the same ethical theory implies humanity should die out ASAP after creating posthuman successors — even that the biosphere should be destroyed and replaced with a simulated world of non-suffering insects.
The episode is the latest flare-up over extreme longtermist/pain-minimization ethics in the AI safety sphere.
Related event: EA's 'Insects Matter More Than People' Essay Sparks Ethics Firestorm(6 posts)→
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