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If you read the resignation letter, they would appear to be so cryptic as to not be real warnings at all and perhaps instead the writings of someone exercising
by spondyl 8mo ago
If you read the resignation letter, they would appear to be so cryptic as to not be real warnings at all and perhaps instead the writings of someone exercising their options to go and make poems
- imiric 8mo ago[flagged]
- skissane 8mo ago> Let's ignore the words of a safety researcher from one of the most prominent companies in the industry I think "safety research" has a tendency to attract doomers. So when one of them quits while preaching doom, they are behaving par for the course. There's little new information in someone doing something that fits their type.
- dalmo3 8mo agoWeak appeal to fiction fallacy. Also, trajectory of celestial bodies can be predicted with a somewhat decent level of accuracy. Pretending societal changes can be equally predicted is borderline bad faith.
- imiric 8mo agoWeak fallacy fallacy. Besides, you do realize that the film is a satire, and that the comet was an analogy, right? It draws parallels with real-world science denialism around climate change, COVID-19, etc. Dismissing the opinion of an "AI" domain expert based on fairly flawed reasoning is an obvious extension of this analogy.
- dalmo3 8mo agoExactly. The analogy is fatally flawed, as I explained in my original comment.
- axus 8mo agoI think the perils are well known to everyone without an interest in not knowing them: Global Warming, Invasion, Impunity, and yes Inequality