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A comment on Sam Altman's ouster was precipitated by letter to board about AI breakthrough. Parent comment

Re:Sam Altman's ouster was precipitated by letter to board a... by abhpro on Thursday November 23, 2023 @03:52AM (#38390804)
That fallacy's existence alone doesn't discount anything (nor have you shown it's applicable here), otherwise we'd throw out the entire idea of authorities and we'd be in trouble
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Re:Sam Altman's ouster was precipitated by letter to board a... by mejutoco on Thursday November 23, 2023 @04:28AM (#38391005)
Authorities are useful within a context. Appealing to authority is not an argument. At most, it is an heuristic.

_Using_ this fallacy in an argument invalidates the argument (or shows it did not exist in the first place)

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