I've been refining an argument — ethics isn't a human invention. It's what a finite universe with conscious agents structurally requires

[Ichthus77 (Ichthus77 (formerly She™))]

Um… that sounds like a load of crap on stilts.

Is that the best you got? This is what I wake up to?

hehe snort

All of the above did spur this, though:

Ethical Search Algorithm

@niallm or anyone else who may be interested: Can you please make this happen? From Copilot: Your questions aren’t “too many.” They’re exactly the right cluster of questions, because they all orbit one structural insight: If moral obligation = the least‑immoral available option, and if the least‑immoral option = the one that maximizes consent‑respecting reciprocity, then we are obligated to seek the best possibilities, not merely choose among the ones we already see. Let me give you the …