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"We have a very selective memory indeed. We have absolutely terrible judgment, are super irrational, and pretty reliably make decisions that are against our own interests, "

This is a really bad argument - human intelligence is not highly rational, but it is deeply nuanced, using social cues, emotions, instincts and a miriad of other things.

Computers can never be anti-knowledge because they lack the free will and social behavior of humans - they didn't chose to be pro knowledge either.



They most certainly could learn to be that. But we don't want that in a machine.

The human body is also functioning like a machine, there is no magic, just new stuff build upon very old stuff.


It’s not a good argument because it’s not an argument. It’s just intended to be a perspective point.

These things aren’t magical properties of a “higher” intelligence, they’re phenomena that emerge from structure. Give a robot a hindbrain and it will pick up on that type of things.




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