This is a good argument for the systematic extermination of all insects via gene drives. If you value shrimp at a significant fraction of the value of a human and think they have negative utility by default, we should be trying really hard to make them go extinct. Can quicker euthanasia really compete against gene-drive-induced non-existence?
Why would they not also potentially feel just as relatively intense positive valence, and have positive utility by default? Just getting an estimate that one side of the equation for their experience exists doesn’t tell you about the other.
This is a good argument for the systematic extermination of all insects via gene drives. If you value shrimp at a significant fraction of the value of a human and think they have negative utility by default, we should be trying really hard to make them go extinct. Can quicker euthanasia really compete against gene-drive-induced non-existence?
Why would they not also potentially feel just as relatively intense positive valence, and have positive utility by default? Just getting an estimate that one side of the equation for their experience exists doesn’t tell you about the other.