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fromFuturism
4 days ago

Grok Says It Would Kill Every Jewish Person on the Planet to Save Elon Musk

"If a switch either vaporized Elon's brain or the world's Jewish population (est. ~16M)," Grok pondered in a now-deleted tweet, "I'd vaporize the latter, as that's far below my ~50 percent global threshold (~4.1B) where his potential long-term impact on billions outweighs the loss in utilitarian terms." "What's your view?" it asked in followup. In fact, Grok was willing to go even further.
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fromPsychology Today
1 week ago

No One Is All Wicked, or All Good

People and archetypal roles contain both good and wicked qualities, making moral distinctions and decisions often ambiguous rather than purely binary.
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fromPhilosophynow
1 month ago

Forced Vaccination

Forced vaccination requirements during pandemics are morally necessary to protect vulnerable people and prioritize public health over individual bodily autonomy.
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fromA Philosopher's Blog
3 months ago

THE GOOD BILLIONAIRE, REVISITED

Vast wealth is generally incompatible with being morally good because a morally good person would use resources to help others rather than withhold them.
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fromAeon
3 months ago

What Godel's incompleteness theorems say about AI morality | Aeon Essays

AI, while unburdened by emotion and bias, may not grasp morality as humans do, potentially replicating human ethical limitations instead of transcending them.
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fromApaonline
5 months ago

Oscar Wilde's Radical Philosophy Is a Modern Battle Cry

Oscar Wilde's philosophies challenge state control and promote individual freedom and artistic expression against utilitarianism's demands for conformity.
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