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We already substitute "good authority" (be it consensus or a talking head) for "empirical grounding" all the time. Faith in AI scientific overlords seems a triv
by swayvil 2y ago
We already substitute "good authority" (be it consensus or a talking head) for "empirical grounding" all the time. Faith in AI scientific overlords seems a trivial step from there.
- tossandthrow 2y agoWhy shouldn't we?
- swayvil 2y agoWe shouldn't because it isn't science. It's junk epistemology, relatively speaking. We should because it's a cheap way of managing knowledge in our society. So there's a tradeoff there.
- tossandthrow 2y agoIMHO authority has no place in knowledge preserving institutions. Generally authority instills more ruin than good.