That’s a really good point. I’m inclined to think that there’s an asymmetry that tips the balance towards suffering, like maybe the fact that they only exist for fractions of a second is distressing, or maybe pleasure requires a more fine tuned structure. But it’s hard to avoid anthropomorphizing the randomly generated brains, so my intuitions might not be correct. There’s also the whole negative utilitarian vs total utilitarian debate.
That’s a really good point. I’m inclined to think that there’s an asymmetry that tips the balance towards suffering, like maybe the fact that they only exist for fractions of a second is distressing, or maybe pleasure requires a more fine tuned structure. But it’s hard to avoid anthropomorphizing the randomly generated brains, so my intuitions might not be correct. There’s also the whole negative utilitarian vs total utilitarian debate.