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Josh van Cuylenburg

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The Imperfects
Joel Pearson - I Think, Therefore AI

Are you saying that?

The Imperfects
Joel Pearson - I Think, Therefore AI

That's kind of like that kind of ethical question of pulling the lever on the train.

The Imperfects
Joel Pearson - I Think, Therefore AI

Yeah, yeah, it's kind of like that, yeah.

The Imperfects
Joel Pearson - I Think, Therefore AI

Yeah, have you heard that?

The Imperfects
Joel Pearson - I Think, Therefore AI

No, I haven't.

The Imperfects
Joel Pearson - I Think, Therefore AI

It's like a train, tell me if I'm getting this wrong, Joel, but a train going down a track and it's sort of facing like a split in the tracks.

The Imperfects
Joel Pearson - I Think, Therefore AI

And if it keeps going on the track it's on, it will kill five people.

The Imperfects
Joel Pearson - I Think, Therefore AI

who are on the track.

The Imperfects
Joel Pearson - I Think, Therefore AI

So we'll kill five people.

The Imperfects
Joel Pearson - I Think, Therefore AI

But then if there's a lever that if you pull it, it will set the trainer a different track and kill only one person.

The Imperfects
Joel Pearson - I Think, Therefore AI

And so the question is, is like, do you pull the lever?

The Imperfects
Joel Pearson - I Think, Therefore AI

Do you actively kill one person?

The Imperfects
Joel Pearson - I Think, Therefore AI

Yeah.

The Imperfects
Joel Pearson - I Think, Therefore AI

Or do you just like, and that's kind of like this, it's like if we're able to.

The Imperfects
Joel Pearson - I Think, Therefore AI

I mean, in terms of choosing who keeps their jobs and who doesn't, in terms of it makes...

The Imperfects
Joel Pearson - I Think, Therefore AI

it makes downsizing, I guess, a lot, people feel a lot less guilty if it's technically not up to them.

The Imperfects
Joel Pearson - I Think, Therefore AI

If the AI can decide, well, those people go, these people stay.

The Imperfects
Joel Pearson - I Think, Therefore AI

It's like, well, it wasn't up to me.

The Imperfects
Joel Pearson - I Think, Therefore AI

No.

The Imperfects
Joel Pearson - I Think, Therefore AI

It was the Cuban Missile Crisis.