If by ‘cohere’ you mean ‘the CEVs of all individual humans match’, then my belief (>99%) is that it is not the case that the CEVs of all individual humans will (precisely) match. I also believe there would be significant overlap between the CEVs of 90+% of humans[1], and that this overlap would include disvaluing two of the three[2] things you asked about (present factory farming and child abuse; more generally, animal and child suffering).
(This felt mostly obvious to me, but you did ask about it a few times, in a way that suggested you expect something different; if so, you’re welcome to pinpoint where you disagree.)
For instance, even if one human wants to create a lot of hedonium, and another human wants to create a lot of individuals living fun and interesting lives, it will remain the case that they both disvalue things like extreme suffering. Also, the former human will probably still find at least some value in what the latter human seeks.
For the part of your question about whether their CEVs would endorse dismantling governments: note that ‘governments’ is a relevantly broad category, when considering that most configurations which are infeasible now will be feasible in the (superintelligence-governed) future. I think these statements capture most of my belief about how most humans’ CEVs would regard things in this broad category.
Most human CEVs would be permissive of those who terminally-wish[3] to live in contexts that have some form of harmless government structure.
The category of ‘government’ also includes, e.g., dystopias that create suffering minds and don’t let them leave; most human CEVs would seek to prevent this kind of government from existing.
(None of that implies any government would be present everywhere, nor that anyone would be in such a context against their will; rather, I’m imagining that a great diversity of contexts and minds will exist. I less confidently predict that most will choose to live in contexts without a government structure, considering it unnecessary given the presence of a benevolent ASI.)
(wished for not because it is necessary, for it would not be under a benevolent ASI, but simply because it’s their vision for the context in which they want to live)
If by ‘cohere’ you mean ‘the CEVs of all individual humans match’, then my belief (>99%) is that it is not the case that the CEVs of all individual humans will (precisely) match. I also believe there would be significant overlap between the CEVs of 90+% of humans[1], and that this overlap would include disvaluing two of the three[2] things you asked about (present factory farming and child abuse; more generally, animal and child suffering).
(This felt mostly obvious to me, but you did ask about it a few times, in a way that suggested you expect something different; if so, you’re welcome to pinpoint where you disagree.)
For instance, even if one human wants to create a lot of hedonium, and another human wants to create a lot of individuals living fun and interesting lives, it will remain the case that they both disvalue things like extreme suffering. Also, the former human will probably still find at least some value in what the latter human seeks.
For the part of your question about whether their CEVs would endorse dismantling governments: note that ‘governments’ is a relevantly broad category, when considering that most configurations which are infeasible now will be feasible in the (superintelligence-governed) future. I think these statements capture most of my belief about how most humans’ CEVs would regard things in this broad category.
Most human CEVs would be permissive of those who terminally-wish[3] to live in contexts that have some form of harmless government structure.
The category of ‘government’ also includes, e.g., dystopias that create suffering minds and don’t let them leave; most human CEVs would seek to prevent this kind of government from existing.
(None of that implies any government would be present everywhere, nor that anyone would be in such a context against their will; rather, I’m imagining that a great diversity of contexts and minds will exist. I less confidently predict that most will choose to live in contexts without a government structure, considering it unnecessary given the presence of a benevolent ASI.)
(wished for not because it is necessary, for it would not be under a benevolent ASI, but simply because it’s their vision for the context in which they want to live)