In this conversation, I talk with philosopher Richard Chappell about moral realism, suffering, moral responsibility, effective altruism, AI consciousness, digital sentience, and why our intuitions about machines may change once the machines actually arrive.

Richard’s blog: https://www.goodthoughts.blog
My Substack: https://substack.com/@micahzarin

Timestamps
0:00 Consciousness
0:53 Realism
3:36 Reflection
9:23 Mathematics
24:41 Suffering
31:05 Consequences
41:33 Responsibility
49:29 AI
58:02 Advice