Right, this is what I was alluding to with
unless you think we’re counterfactually likely to encounter worse-than-humans aliens.
but I agree that in theory we can reduce suffering for aliens who are morally better than humans but less technologically capable. That said, the NU case for it doesn’t necessarily seem very strong because natural suffering isn’t as astronomical in scale as s-risks.
Right, this is what I was alluding to with
but I agree that in theory we can reduce suffering for aliens who are morally better than humans but less technologically capable.
That said, the NU case for it doesn’t necessarily seem very strong because natural suffering isn’t as astronomical in scale as s-risks.