ciphergoth comments on Q&A with experts on risks from AI #1 - Less Wrong

29 Post author: XiXiDu 08 January 2012 11:46AM

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Comment author: ciphergoth 08 January 2012 11:38:07PM 6 points [-]

You've learned that there's something such a person doesn't understand, but when so few people do understand that, it's not very strong evidence on the value of continuing to talk to them.

Comment author: RomeoStevens 09 January 2012 12:15:39AM 0 points [-]

Most people drastically overestimate the value of talking. Most humans don't really believe in words. This is doubly true when discussing complex subjects with large inference jumps.