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This is a reductionist ad hominem response that fails to address any of the points raised in TFA. > Let me see if I understand this right: New Zealand citizen
by imgabe 7y ago
This is a reductionist ad hominem response that fails to address any of the points raised in TFA.
> Let me see if I understand this right: New Zealand citizen and Facebook board member Peter Thiel criticizes UK-based DeepMind and its sister company Google for working with non-US countries on AI technology.
No, you do not have that correct. He is not criticizing Google for working with "non-US countries". He is criticizing them for working with China specifically, which is known to spy on and steal technology from the US and then use it to oppress their citizens. At the same time Google is refusing to work with the US, you know the country where they actually live and work.
- guelo 7y agoAd hominem accusations should not be used to try to hide large conflicts of interests.
- imgabe 7y agoArguments are valid or invalid on their own merits, regardless of the interests of the person making them. If Thiel made a claim that was false or that did not logically follow from the premises, that would be worth pointing out. Merely suggesting that an argument is in someone's interest does not mean it's wrong. Are people only allowed to make arguments that are against their own interests? That seems unreasonable.