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>And since our justifiable negative association with the Nazi leader is, fundamentally, that he weaponized this vulnerability in human cognition, it is one way
by kyle-rb 9y ago
>And since our justifiable negative association with the Nazi leader is, fundamentally, that he weaponized this vulnerability in human cognition, it is one way of acting on our dislike for this Hitler to make sure that the AIs we build are not susceptible to the same vulnerability.
Isn't that statement in itself an invocation of Godwin's Law?
- geofft 9y agoYou could argue that, I suppose. I think comparisons to Hitler are inapt when someone attempts to tar something irrelevant to Hitler's particular crimes (e.g., his vegetarianism) or particularly when someone attempts to compare their ideological opponent to Hitler on specious grounds. But I think there is room for apt comparison to Hitler: it would be a mistake for humanity not to learn from the experience of letting him rise to power. Godwin himself wrote a little bit about it: https://web.archive.org/web/20170209163428/https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/12/14/sure-call-trump-a-nazi-just-make-sure-you-know-what-youre-talking-about/?utm_term=.45f9bdc20512 https://web.archive.org/web/20170209163428/https://www.washi... (And I am totally open to criticism that this particular comparison is inapt.)