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I think you are missing the main thrust of the book. He is not trying to convince you that em-based AI is the likely future. He chose the less examined possibil
by mmusson 10y ago
I think you are missing the main thrust of the book. He is not trying to convince you that em-based AI is the likely future. He chose the less examined possibility as a starting point, but the main part of the book is to enumerate the predictions that flow from that premise.
This is interesting and worth examining even if the premise is wrong. Sometimes examining a familiar topic in unfamiliar terrain yields new insights.
- paulddraper 10y ago"False premise" is a logical fallacy, not a virtue.
- FreakLegion 10y agoA false premise isn't a logical fallacy. Arguments can be logically valid yet wrong, and vice versa.
- tashi 10y agoRight, and taking a premise you believe to be false and mapping out its consequences has a long and noble history; e.g., non-Euclidean geometry.
- paulddraper 10y agoOkay then...if not a logical fallacy, then just a fallacy ("mistaken belief"). The sort of prognostication that would do poorly on a debate team, because its premises are unsound.