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I think this is a type of project where the results will never be fully possible to predict, but the same goes for what happens if we do nothing. It impacting t
by moffkalast 3y ago
I think this is a type of project where the results will never be fully possible to predict, but the same goes for what happens if we do nothing. It impacting the entire plant is kind of irrelevant imo, basically everything we do these days impacts the entire planet anyway and we don't lose much sleep over it.
The way I see it, we can either act and run the risk of getting it wrong and making a bad situation worse, or doing nothing and guaranteeing a bad situation. On a very basic level any risk is worth it if we know that the alternative must be avoided at all costs (e.g. guaranteed death). I don't think the end result will be extinction if we do nothing but reduce emissions, but there it be a major enough calamity to justify the risk of doing some things we can't fully test.
> He exercised the ability to decide what to do with his own life and body.
And later regretted it before he died. I just hope we don't regret our inaction as well.
- _heimdall 3y agoThis feels very similar to the arguments for pushing on with AI research. The argument usually ends that we must default to intervening because the risk of inaction is too high. > And later regretted it before he died. I just hope we don't regret our inaction as well. Yep that's very true, I also hope people don't regret their decisions (I wouldn't necessarily classify it as inaction, that sounds like the default should be to act).