Would a reasonably precise AI-based website devoted to identifying postmodern/Neomarxist courses/professors/disciplines for students do more
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Good argument, but. Neo-Marxism and postmodernism aren't people. They're ideas. Are you arguing that postmodernists are inherently postmodern? If not, what about the "potential suffering" of postmodernists who suffer because of their ideology?
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I am against the ideas, but for the people. Assigning the dirty work to an AI is a cop-out on the moral responsibility for their well-being as individuals.
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I'm a bit confused of your wording. For the current postmodernists, maybe. For the not yet indoctrinated, avoiding postmodern ideology is positively healthy for their "moral responsibility."
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Indicting postmodernists is no different than indicting non-postmodernists. Same argument, different sides. I am not talking about their victims, I am talking about the people who carry the ideas.
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I agree with you, but the context here is not "indictment." Indictment would look more like if professor Peterson had personally fired postmodern professors. He is instead letting the free flow of student's individual judgement to see those professors go.
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Judgement is formed on one's own reason, facts, arguments, and evidence. If we allow an AI to do all that for us, what does that say about our position, about the strength of our argument, about our personal understanding?
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Again, the fact that professor Peterson's website will say "the class is corrupt: avoid" is in and of itself a form of "reason, facts, arguments, and evidence." Whether the individual chooses to agree/disagree is up to the him/her. Don't you think, more evidence the better?
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Evidence, yes. Appeal to authority, whether in the form of AI, Dr. Peterson, or any other form, no.
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It really begs the question as to what would happen if we did the same thing to conservative/libertarian groups. Such a tool being used against liberty-minded folks could lead to them being ostracized or worse.
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The website does nothing but identify courses that likely teach Marxism. This is not harm to a group - it empowers individuals to make more rational decisions about what courses to enroll in.
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He's identifying individual professors and individual courses, he mentions nothing about groups, you did that. The students have a choice as individuals whether or not to visit said website.
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They are collectivists who propagate this attitude. Ergo, they deserve to suffer for it.
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