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Wizzdom t1_j9ki66s wrote

Reply to comment by mirh in Thought experiments claim to use our intuitive responses to generate philosophical insights. But these scenarios are deceptive. Moral intuitions depend heavily on context and the individual. by IAI_Admin

I think he should have focused more on why it could be problematic to apply thought experiments to real world applications such as AI or self-driving cars. That would be a much more interesting conversation imo.

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mirh t1_j9ko0fn wrote

I could swear I had read a very insightful comment/article in this regard, but I cannot find it anymore...

Anyhow, I see where you are coming from. But then you aren't talking about thought experiments "per se" anymore (this dude even lowkey criticizes Gettier somehow!) but just warning not to talk out of one's ass like in any other kind of argument.

Like, those atrocious "should the car kill the elderly or the baby" are either more of an engineering problem than truly philosophy, or they are ethics from somebody that thinks either too sanctimoniously about people or too stupidly about computers.

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