The question of how best to represent the interests of future persons is a good core question. My problem is more with their method of answering it. There’s a great tradition of political philosophers thinking “what would be the ideal institution according to X moral philosophy” and then designing an institution backward from that. I consider this approach both crowded and low-leverage (John and McAskill are more in a middle position).
The alternative is to look at how institutions work in practice then judge them against different ethical objectives, which is a bit more neglected. I also think the second approach is more effective. So writing at the same questions as John and McAskill could have good added value.
If I have time I will take a look at Gov AI
The question of how best to represent the interests of future persons is a good core question. My problem is more with their method of answering it. There’s a great tradition of political philosophers thinking “what would be the ideal institution according to X moral philosophy” and then designing an institution backward from that. I consider this approach both crowded and low-leverage (John and McAskill are more in a middle position). The alternative is to look at how institutions work in practice then judge them against different ethical objectives, which is a bit more neglected. I also think the second approach is more effective. So writing at the same questions as John and McAskill could have good added value. If I have time I will take a look at Gov AI