#moral-judgment

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fromThe American Conservative
2 hours ago

Thou Shalt Hate

"Hate the sin, love the sinner" is a concept even devout Christians often find challenging. But what if the sin is hate, the sinner is a hater, and your whole redemption-free religion is based on the hatred of hate? What if we are all sinners in the hands of an angry podcaster? This is the deep theological discourse that can be provoked only by the author and essayist Ta-Nehisi Coates, who made a joyless noise unto the Lord in the direction of the slain conservative political activist Charlie Kirk.
Right-wing politics
fromBusiness Insider
2 weeks ago

Am I the jerk? Redditors say yes - but ChatGPT and other bots say no.

Anyone who has used bots like ChatGPT, Gemini, or Claude knows they can lean a little ... well, suck-uppy. They're " sychophants." They tell you what you want to hear. Even OpenAI's Sam Altman acknowledged the issue with the latest iteration of ChatGPT, which supposedly was tuned to be less of a yes man. Now, a study by university researchers is using one of the key barometers of knowing-if-you're-a-jerk: Reddit's " Am I the Asshole" page - where people post stories good and bad,
Artificial intelligence
philosophy
fromAeon
1 month ago

What Godel's incompleteness theorems say about AI morality | Aeon Essays

AI, while unburdened by emotion and bias, may not grasp morality as humans do, potentially replicating human ethical limitations instead of transcending them.
philosophy
fromApaonline
3 months ago

The Problem with the Phrase "I'm Not Surprised, But..."

The cynical mindset prevalent in society undermines moral outrage and diminishes the effectiveness of ethical judgments.
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