someone should run an experiment about things being true vs upvotes on HN. I bet there would be a negative correlation as upvotes mostly show emotions.
I'd be interested in "This time it's different" articles vs it being different that time. I find "This time it's different" articles to be a very bad sign.
You believe in the tech sector because technology always goes well and it's what humans strive to achieve, not because it has done well recently. It has always.
Maybe one day we will discover that a method exists for computing/displaying/exchanging arbitrary things through none other means than our own flesh and brains.
A lot of this stuff is in the realm of "lol" or even "lmao". There's a consistent failure to consider human nature and economic incentives woven through this essay. Probably the most objectionable stuff is in section 2 "Neuroscience and Mind" because the definition of "mental illness" itself is prone to all kind of historical and societal biases. Who gets to decide what a "normal" brain is? Is it the AI? Does the owner of the brain have any say here? Would a psychopath actually volunteer to be "treated"? Ultimately the danger is that "normal" will just mean "what's best for economic productivity". This is not a good or moral definition and is not founded in any kind of ethical reasoning.
Just remember you "lol" at Nobel laureates and Turing award winners that all agree unanimously that we are going there. You just lol. Not much to say to convince you.
You walk to Einstein and Laszlo. They tell you they are building nuclear. You lol. I come to you I tell you the scientists say they can do it. You lol. Your IQ is..
How can this even be valid scientifically
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