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Davidmanheim comments on Philosophical differences - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Davidmanheim 14 June 2015 04:38:11AM 1 point [-]
Comment author: ford_prefect42 14 June 2015 06:33:51PM 0 points [-]

I had not. And I will avoid that in the future. However, that has very little bearing on my overall post. Please ignore the single sentence that references works of fiction.

Comment author: hairyfigment 15 June 2015 05:14:54PM 0 points [-]

I'm not quite sure how to put this, but there are many other posts on the site which you seem unaware of.

Comment author: ford_prefect42 16 June 2015 02:21:35PM 1 point [-]

True enough. I hadn't read that one either, and, having joined a few days ago, there is very little of the content here that I have read. This seemed like a light standalone topic in which to jump in.

This second article however really does address the weaknesses of my thought process, and clarify the philosophical difficulty that the op is concerned with.

Comment author: Davidmanheim 15 June 2015 04:21:26AM 0 points [-]

Also all of the framing that are implied by those works? And the dichotomy that you propose?

You shouldn't just read it, think about how it has warped your perspective on AI risks - that's the point.