Comment author: JulianMorrison 20 July 2009 02:38:17AM -1 points [-]

For this, we will have sexbots.

Comment author: stuffimnotproudof 20 July 2009 08:01:59AM 0 points [-]

Honestly, I'd like to practice on one.

Comment author: SoullessAutomaton 19 July 2009 11:52:42PM 7 points [-]

And if you spend a lot of time being influenced by intelligent people who don't have a token for your autonomy, you'll be making a lot of decisions you wouldn't have made with better information and objectivity.

"Not causing people to make choices they will regret" is a pretty simple ethical principle.

Comment author: stuffimnotproudof 20 July 2009 12:13:38AM 2 points [-]

intelligent people who don't have a token for your autonomy

Actually, I originally just said that one term of my utility function can be represented without a token for women's autonomy. The utility function as a whole definitely includes terms for the concerns of every human being.

But I hope you understand why, in some conversations, it would be natural for me to objectify women.

Comment author: SoullessAutomaton 19 July 2009 11:11:08PM 2 points [-]

Do you object when other people use manipulative or coercive techniques on you, to maximize their own utility function without regard for your autonomy?

Comment author: stuffimnotproudof 19 July 2009 11:26:10PM *  4 points [-]

My objection would be to making a decision that I wouldn't make if I had better information. It's not about the fact that their utility function doesn't have a token for my autonomy.

In response to Sayeth the Girl
Comment author: stuffimnotproudof 19 July 2009 10:55:59PM *  11 points [-]

I would like help reducing the incidence of: * Comments and posts that casually objectify women or encourage the objectification of women. "Objectification" is what happens when a person is treated or discussed as an object, not as an autonomous being.

I believe that, to a first approximation, one factor of my utility function can be represented without a token for the woman's autonomy. Or, if this cannot accurately be said of my utility function, it can be said about world states of high instrumental value.

I believe it's in my best interest to fuck.