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This essay is literally just Isildur looking at the ring he cut from Sauron and saying "I kind of like it tho". -> Aaronson admits Yudkowsky's position is cons
by 1attice 4y ago
This essay is literally just Isildur looking at the ring he cut from Sauron and saying "I kind of like it tho".
-> Aaronson admits Yudkowsky's position is consistent
-> Main disagreement is that he can imagine other outcomes
-> Some soft analogism against other historical technologies (radios, etc)
-> "Should I, tho?" segue to the comments.
Yes, Aaronson, you should have signed that letter. You know you should have. Snap out of it.
- dragonwriter 4y ago> Aaronson admits Yudkowsky’s position is consistent A position can be both consistent and false, because it is based on false premises; its frequently the case when people attempt to derive conclusions about the material universe from pure a priori reasoning from abstract axioms and assumptions without empirical grounding.
- 1attice 4y agoI'm well aware of this, but the premises, in this case, are true? What do you take Yudkowsky's false premises to be?