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Rule of thumb: reductionist arguments don't hold for technologies from the Internet onwards. For example, the Internet is nothing like TV, so arguments like "w

Rule of thumb: reductionist arguments don't hold for technologies from the Internet onwards. For example, the Internet is nothing like TV, so arguments like "we grew up on TV and ended up ok" don't hold. Same holds in my opinion to AI-scams.

bawolff 4y ago
I disagree. Do you have examples to back that up? > we grew up on TV and ended up ok Not sure what you are comparing here, but we (people in early 30s) also grew up on the internet and mostly ended up ok. Some people who grew up on tv did not end up ok.
- pixl97 4y ago
  Quantity is a quality in itself. If I catch a fish in a lake that's not problem. If I catch all the fish in the lake we need to stock the lake again with fish. If I catch 10^30 fish on the planet, fish are extinct.
  - ta1243 4y ago
    > If I catch 10^30 fish on the planet, fish are extinct. The entire planet is extinct
    - pixl97 4y ago
      Oopsie, I turned the visible universe into paperclips.
comfypotato 4y ago
I’m not sure I subscribe to this rule of thumb, but I definitely agree with the general idea that comparisons make weak arguments.