4 sources healthy · latest episode 9 Nov 2026
opinion claim

The speaker is especially concerned about the possibility that trillions of digital beings could be tortured or forced to work against their preferences, producing vast amounts of suffering.

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In their words

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“there's going to be trillions of digital beings i wanted i wanted it to be the case that they're not like tortured and uh put into conditions in which they don't want to work and whatever or like i don't want galaxies worth of suffering um that”
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