The two quotes Alexander attributes to me are from other people—Joi Ito and John Rich, and labeled as such in my talk. Worst takedown ever
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a) you’re the guy who just tried to say “it’s a prank, bro!”, b) I was quoting a guy who actually treated cholera patients
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It was posted on April Fools, as an undiscovered Chesterton manuscript. I think my "it's a prank, bro" credentials are pretty unimpeachable.
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if you felt comfortable with that argument, you wouldn’t have eaten your hat
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More seriously, I think you're very wrong, but the form forced me to say so in a poetic manner without as much rigor and hedging as I (cont)
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would have liked. I didn't write it up seriously because your piece made me really angry and I didn't think that I could do a serious {cont)
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counterargument without being a jerk. I thought that being lighthearted would be incompatible with being a jerk, but I managed (cont)
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to be a jerk anyway. I'm sorry for that and have added a link to this conversation. I still think your original piece was (cont)
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a set of really nasty ad hominems combining some weak arguments with a lot of personal mocking of the individuals in the AI risk (cont)
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