Hanlon's razor is silly. Actions and effects are what matters, less so intent, which exists only in the minds of those making the decisions. The continued cult-like belief in AI solving all our problems is extremely destructive and dangerous, regardless of intent.
That human intelligence may not be best equipped to solve the problems of t…
Hanlon's razor is silly. Actions and effects are what matters, less so intent, which exists only in the minds of those making the decisions. The continued cult-like belief in AI solving all our problems is extremely destructive and dangerous, regardless of intent.
That human intelligence may not be best equipped to solve the problems of today does not change that we're still the smartest species we know of; it is up to us to solve our own problems, not to God or machine. There is no reason to believe we can't solve them, because we have to act as if we can to have any chance at all. If we can't and thought we could, the outcome is the same; if we can but thought we couldn't, we missed the only chance we have due to pessimistic fatalism.
Bravery and determination are far rarer qualities than intelligence. Far easier to give up or make excuses than to keep going forward.
Hanlon's Razor isn't about that good intent means actions are good, and I agree in the end only actions matter, but these follow from convictions, so speech is an important action to consider. 'AI solving all our needs', by the way, is such a dangerous (even messianic, religion-like) conviction.
There is no reason to give up. But I think it is wise to take how our intelligence work as an important element (fact) when we think about what is best to do. For instance, we may wonder if 'free speech absolutism' is so dangerous (given how our intelligence works) that it is *wise* to take the way our intelligence works into account, when having discussions on regulating around free speech, especially in a time that it is easier and more amplified than ever how lies and information warfare can go thanks to for instance how social media can directly hack into the deep patterns of our intelligence.
"Bravery and determination are far rarer qualities than intelligence" — indeed: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/stupidity-versus-malice-gerben-wierda (on Bonhoeffer's words regarding the stupidity versus malice discussion, he was an intensely brave and determined man, a hero, who paid the ultimate price)
Hanlon's razor is silly. Actions and effects are what matters, less so intent, which exists only in the minds of those making the decisions. The continued cult-like belief in AI solving all our problems is extremely destructive and dangerous, regardless of intent.
That human intelligence may not be best equipped to solve the problems of today does not change that we're still the smartest species we know of; it is up to us to solve our own problems, not to God or machine. There is no reason to believe we can't solve them, because we have to act as if we can to have any chance at all. If we can't and thought we could, the outcome is the same; if we can but thought we couldn't, we missed the only chance we have due to pessimistic fatalism.
Bravery and determination are far rarer qualities than intelligence. Far easier to give up or make excuses than to keep going forward.
Hanlon's Razor isn't about that good intent means actions are good, and I agree in the end only actions matter, but these follow from convictions, so speech is an important action to consider. 'AI solving all our needs', by the way, is such a dangerous (even messianic, religion-like) conviction.
There is no reason to give up. But I think it is wise to take how our intelligence work as an important element (fact) when we think about what is best to do. For instance, we may wonder if 'free speech absolutism' is so dangerous (given how our intelligence works) that it is *wise* to take the way our intelligence works into account, when having discussions on regulating around free speech, especially in a time that it is easier and more amplified than ever how lies and information warfare can go thanks to for instance how social media can directly hack into the deep patterns of our intelligence.
"Bravery and determination are far rarer qualities than intelligence" — indeed: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/stupidity-versus-malice-gerben-wierda (on Bonhoeffer's words regarding the stupidity versus malice discussion, he was an intensely brave and determined man, a hero, who paid the ultimate price)