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This is not how blame works. You have no idea who is reading your message.
by skybrian 3y ago
This is not how blame works. You have no idea who is reading your message.
- maxbond 3y agoI have no interest in blaming anyone. I'm talking about an attitude I see in this thread, which I believe is shortsighted.
- skybrian 3y agoYour post is warning about how other people will be held in judgement: > People aren't dumb and they're going to notice that you aren't in their corner. And then they're going to start deciding what to do about AI without you. I find it rather dubious. Who are these people who will remember what some random Hacker News commenters said? Why would they be listening to them in the first place? It seems like an empty threat.
- maxbond 3y agoIt's not a threat, that's a pretty uncharitable reading. Society will realize that everything is not fine, and that the group of people who insist that it is are to be ignored. I don't imagine that will involve singling out individual HN users. If this is a subject you want to discuss then I'm here to discuss it. If you want to dissect my language further, you're free to do so. But I'm not interested in arguing about semantics or tone and this is my final word on it.
- jacquesm 3y agoBlame and personal responsibility are not necessarily connected. Blame is imposed from outside, personal responsibility is uniquely yours: you either accept responsibility for your actions or you do not and if you do then chances are that that will modify your behavior.
- skybrian 3y agoIt seems like writing about how someone else should take responsibility is blaming by this definition, since it comes from the outside? Or maybe a vague exhortation to do better doesn't count.
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