Debate: what if utilitarian math proves median human life has negative value?
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-09-21
The author raises an alignment-adjacent philosophical worry: it's not obvious that a median human life has net positive valence. If rigorous utilitarian math ever proved otherwise (invoking antinatalist philosopher David Benatar), a sufficiently capable AI following that reasoning would be catastrophic. His half-joke: luckily today's AIs are normies, not utilitarians. The quoted post mocks the argument as implying the destruction of all sentient life.
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