Strilanc comments on Curiosity: Why did you mega-downvote "AI is Software" ? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Strilanc 06 June 2014 02:19:18PM 5 points [-]

Context: I would have downvoted it, if it hadn't already been so low. I only saw the shortened version.

The basic issue is that you were disputing definitions. You weren't showing that all software is software that does tasks that historically humans remained better at than computers (i.e. "AI"), you were just redefining the word AI to be a synonym for software. You but didn't seem to address or realize that fact.

Also, I may be remembering wrong, but the points seemed to be based on a personal sense of aesthetics. That sort of argument doesn't work well when others don't agree on what's elegant. Better to focus on why the existing definition is contrived, how it doesn't cut reality at its seams, how it leads to misunderstandings, etc.