Bentham's Newsletter — Unofficial AI Narration

Utilitarians are right about footbridge, transplant, etc

Unofficial AI narration of "Why I Don't Buy Any of the Counterexamples to Consequentialism", a free public post by Bentham's Bulldog published in Bentham's Newsletter on May 29, 2026.

Read the original: https://benthams.substack.com/p/why-i-dont-buy-any-of-the-counterexamples

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On leftist smarm

Unofficial AI narration of "Smug Internet Leftists", a free public post by Bentham's Bulldog published in Bentham's Newsletter on May 28, 2026.

Read the original: https://benthams.substack.com/p/smug-internet-leftists

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80,000 hours has a new book, innovatively named "80,000 hours." You should probably read it.

Unofficial AI narration of "Read This Book", a free public post by Bentham's Bulldog published in Bentham's Newsletter on May 27, 2026.

Read the original: https://benthams.substack.com/p/read-this-book

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A new version of Huemer's paradox of deontology poses a big challenge to deontology

Unofficial AI narration of "Should Deontologists Assist With Wrongdoing?", a free public post by Bentham's Bulldog published in Bentham's Newsletter on May 26, 2026.

Read the original: https://benthams.substack.com/p/should-deontologists-assist-with

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Leading scientists produced a 299-page report. They came away terrified.

Unofficial AI narration of "The Inverted Bacteria That Experts Think Might Kill Everyone", a free public post by Bentham's Bulldog published in Bentham's Newsletter on May 25, 2026.

Read the original: https://benthams.substack.com/p/the-inverted-bacteria-that-experts

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A piece that will piss everyone off

Unofficial AI narration of "We Owe Reparations to Blocked Migrants, Not Descendants of Slaves", a free public post by Bentham's Bulldog published in Bentham's Newsletter on May 24, 2026.

Read the original: https://benthams.substack.com/p/we-owe-reparations-to-blocked-migrants

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We torture billions of beings that are, in relevant cognitive respects, like some humans

Unofficial AI narration of "Mass Torture of Humanlike Minds", a free public post by Bentham's Bulldog published in Bentham's Newsletter on May 23, 2026.

Read the original: https://benthams.substack.com/p/mass-torture-of-human-like-minds

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The objections are wrong

Unofficial AI narration of "Strong Longtermism Is Simply Correct", a free public post by Bentham's Bulldog published in Bentham's Newsletter on May 22, 2026.

Read the original: https://benthams.substack.com/p/strong-longtermism-is-simply-correct

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Concerns about existing AI are overstated, while concerns about future AI are understated

Unofficial AI narration of "AI Discourse is Haunted by Presentism Bias", a free public post by Bentham's Bulldog published in Bentham's Newsletter on May 21, 2026.

Read the original: https://benthams.substack.com/p/ai-discourse-is-haunted-by-presentism

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You--you!--can join an incredible group of people doing ridiculous amounts of good and saving hundreds of thousands of lives

Unofficial AI narration of "Beneficence As Opportunity", a free public post by Bentham's Bulldog published in Bentham's Newsletter on May 18, 2026.

Read the original: https://benthams.substack.com/p/a-life-well-lived

This is an unofficial, AI-generated audio adaptation produced automatically by a reader for personal listening convenience. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or produced by Bentham's Bulldog or Bentham's Newsletter, and the narration voice is synthetic—not the author's voice. Only free public posts are adapted; paid-subscriber posts are never included. Meaningful charts and images may be described aloud between chimes. Original writing belongs to Bentham's Bulldog; please read and subscribe at benthams.substack.com.