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I don't have any problem with this argument* and if you had posted this comment originally I wouldn't have replied. The "absolutely horrifying" bit at the end i
by dang 1y ago
I don't have any problem with this argument* and if you had posted this comment originally I wouldn't have replied. The "absolutely horrifying" bit at the end is a bit beyond the pale, but not, er, absolutely horrifying.
(Btw, that makes your comment a case of the so-called rebound effect (https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20rebound&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...) - one of the more interesting phenomena we've noticed.)
* I mean qua moderator of course. Qua reader, I have no opinion.
- cyberax 1y agoYes, I'm sorry about that. I really should not write one-line comments without taking time to detail them. I will just stay silent in future in these cases. > bit beyond the pale Uhm... Why? It's an honest question. I thought that "horrifying" (as in "inducing horror") is a normal descriptor, not racially/sexually loaded or anything. The AI situation certainly induces real dread in me.
- dang 1y agoI did say "a bit" :) - I guess because it pattern-matches to internet rhetoric for me. By 'internet rhetoric' I mean something where the largeness/sensationalness of the claim is high and the information content is low. (Oh also, the leading "And yes" is a bit of an internet trope) This is quite minor though; if it distracts from the main point, I'd say forget it.