Richard_Loosemore comments on Debunking Fallacies in the Theory of AI Motivation - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Richard_Loosemore 14 May 2015 09:18:00PM 0 points [-]

When someone repeatedly distorts and misrepresents what is said in a paper, then blames the author of the paper for being unclear ... then hears the author carefully explain the distortions and misrepresentations, and still repeats them without understanding ....

Well, there is a limit.

Comment author: OrphanWilde 15 May 2015 12:32:35AM 2 points [-]

Not to suggest that you are implying it, but rather as a reminder - nobody is deliberately misunderstanding you here.

But at any rate, I don't think we're accomplishing anything here except driving your karma score lower, so by your leave, I'm tapping out.

Comment author: Jiro 15 May 2015 03:33:46PM 1 point [-]

Why not raise his karma score instead?

Comment author: OrphanWilde 15 May 2015 03:48:57PM 1 point [-]

Because that was the practical result, not the problem itself, which is that the conversation wasn't going anywhere, and he didn't seem interested in it going anywhere.