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Is this (ironically) the new ad hominem?
by ajmurmann 5mo ago
Is this (ironically) the new ad hominem?
- bee_rider 5mo agoI guess it would be something like an “ad inhominem,” but that something was AI generated is a legitimate gripe so I hope we don’t start using that phrase.
- boston_clone 5mo agodefinitively, no. it’s not against the person for their characteristics, but the composition of the content they’re sharing. i think it’s more like accurately pointing out a logical fallacy, i.e., an assertion that thought was not properly applied which results in nonsense.
- ajmurmann 5mo agoThe reason why ad hominems are a fallacy is because it fails to engage with the actual argument being made. The same seems likely to happen when arguments are dismissed because of their AI origin. While that dismissal is somewhat reasonable now, at least as a heuristic, I expect it to become increasingly less valid.
- boston_clone 5mo ago[dead]
- YeGoblynQueenne 5mo agoAn ad-LLM-em?