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Who would have thought that a little bit of close-mindedness might be good for something? Imagine trying to convince an AI of the future to give up deeply held
by oddity 9y ago
Who would have thought that a little bit of close-mindedness might be good for something?
Imagine trying to convince an AI of the future to give up deeply held, almost religious beliefs because the designers wanted to mitigate this problem. Sounds like the premise of a sci-fi plot. It might even exist already.
- blattimwind 9y ago> Who would have thought that a little bit of close-mindedness might be good for something? Who thinks total openness is a good thing? Life does not deal in absolutes.
- dade_ 9y agoIt reminds me of the adage, "Keep an open mind, but not so open that your brains fall out." Though I like the more eloquent 1886 speech by Sir Edward Clarke in the U.K. House of Commons: But what did that speech amount to? It came to this ingenuous confession of an open mind. The mind was indeed so open that it had nothing in it at all.