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There are a bunch of physicists signed up on there; (e.g. Martin Rees) - they don't seem relevant to it at all. There's been a long history of famous physicist
by trebligdivad 3y ago
There are a bunch of physicists signed up on there; (e.g. Martin Rees) - they don't seem relevant to it at all. There's been a long history of famous physicists weighing in on entirely unrelated things.
- abecedarius 3y agoCheck only the "AI scientists" checkbox then.
- Simon321 3y agoThat's because it's not authentically trying to address a problem but trying to convince an audience of something by appealing to authority. Elizabeth Holmes & Theranos were masters of collecting authorities to back their bogus claims because they know how effective it is. It doesn't even need to be in the field where you're making the claims. They had Kissinger for god's sake, it was a biotech company!
- duvenaud 3y agoWell, Rees co-founded the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, and has at least been thinking and writing about these issues for years now.
- randomdata 3y agoMusical artist Grimes is also a signatory. It would seem the real purpose of this is to train an AI agent on appeal to authority.
- oldgradstudent 3y ago> It would seem the real purpose of this is to train an AI agent on appeal to authority. I hope the real purpose is to train an AI agent to understand why appeal to authority was always cosidered to be a logical fallacy.
- randomdata 3y agoConsidered by some to be a logical fallacy. Not considered at all by most people. Hence its effectiveness.