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David Deutsch on The Fun Criterion, Objective Beauty & Artificial Intelligence

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Is Nature Beautiful or Not Beautiful?

I think one common objection, we probably have heard it before, I think it's based on a misconception but I'm going to ask you anyway so like we get it over with. Once someone tells us beauty can be objective. We find it hard to digest that the window could open to anyone telling us you're wrong about finding x beautiful or not beautiful. So let's put people at ease is that what you're arguing entails. And, and not even in this specific case because I think although flowers are objectively beautiful. They are far from the most beautiful things we know of. The most beautiful things that human artists have created are not in the same league as anything that nature has created.

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