G.K. Chesterton on AI Risk

Posted by deerpig on Sunday April 02, 2017 @10:52AM
from the slatestarcodex.com dept.

https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/04/01/g-k-chesterton-on-ai-risk/

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Re:G.K. Chesterton on AI Risk by deerpig on Sunday April 02, 2017 @10:56AM (#14017369)

A charming April 1st post. My two favorite lines were "our tools have been rebelling against us since the first peasant stepped on a rake" and "Even a village idiot can fall in love; Newton never did".

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Re:G.K. Chesterton on AI Risk by Analemma_ on Sunday April 02, 2017 @04:14PM (#14018817)

Check the footnote for a brief Twitter debate between Maciej and Scott that this set off, which involved the eating of a hat.

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Re:G.K. Chesterton on AI Risk by teslacar on Sunday April 02, 2017 @11:42AM (#14017538)

lengthy and dry, and although it was intended to amuse, it overstayed it welcome. sorry.

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Re:G.K. Chesterton on AI Risk by teilo on Sunday April 02, 2017 @11:50AM (#14017566)

One either loves Chesterton or is bored by him. But in any case, this was very much typical of how Chesterton wrote.

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Re:G.K. Chesterton on AI Risk by carsongross on Sunday April 02, 2017 @03:43PM (#14018653)

If you are tired of Chesterton, you are tired of life.

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Re:G.K. Chesterton on AI Risk by teilo on Monday April 03, 2017 @05:45PM (#14027485)

Agreed! I loved the article.

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Re:G.K. Chesterton on AI Risk by Moshe_Silnorin on Sunday April 02, 2017 @12:08PM (#14017632)

Yes. I was very impressed with the style. Though Ceglowski is very charitable with his money, if not with his analysis of AI risk.

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