If you can get utility out of paperclips, why can’t you get it out of heorin? You’re surely not saying that there is some sort of Objective utility that everyone ought to have in their UF’s?
You can get utility out of heroin if you prefer to use it, which is an example of “benefiting me” and utility not being synonymous. I don’t think there’s any objective utility function for all conceivable agents, but as you get more specific in the kinds of agents you consider (i.e. humans), there are commonalities in their utility functions, due to human nature. Also, there are sometimes inconsistencies between (for lack of better terminology) what people prefer and what they really prefer—that is, people can act and have a preference to act in ways that, if they were to act differently, they would prefer the different act.
If you can get utility out of paperclips, why can’t you get it out of heorin? You’re surely not saying that there is some sort of Objective utility that everyone ought to have in their UF’s?
You can get utility out of heroin if you prefer to use it, which is an example of “benefiting me” and utility not being synonymous. I don’t think there’s any objective utility function for all conceivable agents, but as you get more specific in the kinds of agents you consider (i.e. humans), there are commonalities in their utility functions, due to human nature. Also, there are sometimes inconsistencies between (for lack of better terminology) what people prefer and what they really prefer—that is, people can act and have a preference to act in ways that, if they were to act differently, they would prefer the different act.