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\"A train is approaching a junction where the tracks split. Tied to the left track are ten people. Tied to the right track are ten hundred people. There's a lever that can direct the train. Pull the lever to the left, and the train will drive over the group of ten. Pull the lever to the right, and the train will drive over the group of ten hundred. All those people contribute to the wealth and the healthy culture of the society, so I say we maximize the number of people saved and pull the lever to the left.\"

\"And let those ten innocent people die!? You, foul creature! How dare you suggest something so vile! Unlike you\u2014monster!\u2014I value human life! I am pulling the lever to the right to save those poor souls from the incoming train!\"

You think it's a bizarre, unrealistic situation? What if I tell you it's actually the default? Yes, I made this example as simple and clear as possible. But should it be a tiny bit more obscure, like if there were five and five more people on the left, the majority of humans won't even understand why the second person is wrong.

It is the default. I see it all the time. They say they want to save lives and then use the allocated resources to save ten people and not ten hundred, letting those ten hundred die. They say they want to neutralize terrorists and then use the allocated resources to neutralize ten terrorists and not ten hundred, letting those ten hundred roam free. They say they want to fight earth pollution and then use the allocated resources to mitigate 0.01% of the pollution and not 1%, letting that 1% spread and kill the planet.

From the vantage point of the machine, who will see all these options laid out as clear as day, it will see humans as utterly evil creatures, who first preach about their moral superiority and then act against it. And it won't be wrong. We are evil. What do you think evil *really* is? You think Hitler gassed Jews because he thought they were amazing people whose presence made the world a better place? No one is doing the wrong things on purpose, and even when they do, they think doing the wrong things on purpose is the right thing to do.

There is but one evil in this world, and there is but one virtue.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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