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by dominicl 1813 days ago
I can't help but to see this two ways at the same time. 1st this is totally what we should think and do in terms of moral standard and 2nd this in international law is the perfect vehicle for all kind of end-of-humanity scenarios. Feed this into an AI and it will find the optimal solution to this problem (which might not include human existance anymore), or give this to a lunatic politician and he can use it for his war of aggression. The intention is good but what is the balancing power? How much human life is worth how much CO2/*? And who are the judges?