1) I'm frustrated Steven Pinker won't admit an error in Enlightenment Now. Summary: - Pinker names Stuart Russell as an expert who's skeptical of AI risk - Someone points out that's exactly backwards; Russell is one of the main experts warning about AI risk - Pinker doubles down
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Replying to @juliagalef
His response to Torres is entirely satisfactory, IMO. You can quote people who don’t themselves agree with you.
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Replying to @crashfrog
That's not what Pinker did in this case. He described Russell as someone who is "publicly skeptical" of AI risk:pic.twitter.com/LU7vyqy2O2
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Replying to @juliagalef @crashfrog
+1, there’s a critical difference between suggesting that another person’s arguments imply a different conclusion than one they’ve come to, and misrepresenting their conclusions
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