That's just splitting hairs. The weights don't matter. What matters is that the EAs claim that their maths measure the morality of actions.
It doesn't matter if they disagree over the parameters, what matters is that they agree their maths quantify morality. That is the objectivity that they claim.
And they even have spreadsheets to do it, huh? Wow. But, what are these spreadsheets calculating then? I mean, how can you calculate something subjective? If a quantity is subjective, then why can't I calculate it any way I like? If I can calculate a quantity any way I like, then does that quantity really measure anything? Can I use E = mc² to calculate the morality of my actions? If not, why not?
That stuff just doesn't make any sense, sorry.
> I disagree with everything you wrote, and I doubt you can find a prominent EA who doesn't.
"Prominent", huh? Interesting hedging there. Why should I care that someone is "prominent"? Don't peoples' opinions count if they're not "prominent"? And what's "prominent" anyway? Like, X followers on Instagram?
You know, the more I'm having this conversation, the more it sounds to me like some weird kind of Silicon Valley roleplaying that's just out of touch with reality.
It doesn't matter if they disagree over the parameters, what matters is that they agree their maths quantify morality. That is the objectivity that they claim.
And they even have spreadsheets to do it, huh? Wow. But, what are these spreadsheets calculating then? I mean, how can you calculate something subjective? If a quantity is subjective, then why can't I calculate it any way I like? If I can calculate a quantity any way I like, then does that quantity really measure anything? Can I use E = mc² to calculate the morality of my actions? If not, why not?
That stuff just doesn't make any sense, sorry.
> I disagree with everything you wrote, and I doubt you can find a prominent EA who doesn't.
"Prominent", huh? Interesting hedging there. Why should I care that someone is "prominent"? Don't peoples' opinions count if they're not "prominent"? And what's "prominent" anyway? Like, X followers on Instagram?
You know, the more I'm having this conversation, the more it sounds to me like some weird kind of Silicon Valley roleplaying that's just out of touch with reality.