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You're missing the point and willfully characterizing others as solely being concerned with making the AI's say slurs. That's not their concern. But you can win
by nlowell 4y ago
You're missing the point and willfully characterizing others as solely being concerned with making the AI's say slurs. That's not their concern. But you can win any imaginary argument you like.
- ethanbond 4y agoLikewise, people complaining that “AI safety concerns are just wokism gone wrong” are also strawmanning.
- beepbooptheory 4y agoMy favorite kind of comment: allude to a bigger point the op misses, but don't actually say the point. I doubt I'm misrepresenting anybody. If its not slurs it's surely something about "wokeness." You are not yet mature enough for this future if any of this is your concern. The world is going to pass you by while you're just stuck saying "there are only two genders" to all your comrades. Don't let the politicians mobilize you like this, your time is worth more.
- dang 4y agoPlease don't take HN threads further into ideological flamewar. It's not what this site is for, and we have to ban accounts that do it repeatedly. If you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules when posting here, we'd appreciate it.
- beepbooptheory 4y agoAh! Yes, sorry, this is fair Dang. Happy to die on this hill today, as it were, will do better in future though. cheers.
- dang 4y agoAppreciated!
- dang 4y agoPlease don't take HN threads further into ideological flamewar. It's not what this site is for, and we have to ban accounts that do it repeatedly. If you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules when posting here, we'd appreciate it.
- nlowell 4y agoSorry if I made it worse, I really felt like people's opinions were being treated uncharitably, and I was trying to right it.
- dang 4y agoI definitely appreciate the wish to treat people charitably! In terms of the site guidelines, "You're missing the point" is kind of a swipe and so should probably be dropped; "willfully" should definitely have been dropped because it's making a claim about negative intent that one can't actually know and such claims always land as an attack on the other person; and the last sentence was snarky and should have been dropped. If one makes a habit of editing such things out of one's comments, one's substantive point will come to the fore more clearly, which benefits everyone. But it's not always easy in the moment!