Okay, I'd love to see a post about the "underlying problem" that's a little more..thoughtful and descriptive.
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Replying to @CShentrup @tqbf
are you saying you've never encountered entire problem spaces shut down with simplistic reasoning about technical solns?
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Not really. Much more often, I've seen technologists go into insane detail about the complexities of things.
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Replying to @CShentrup @wycats
This is the problem I was originally commenting on; also, by implication: nerd attempts to “save the world”.
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Replying to @tqbf
this is a good deep dive into the "save the world, simplistically" phenomenon http://www.vox.com/2015/8/10/9124145/effective-altruism-global-ai?0p19G=c …
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for completeness here's a response to the main concern of that vox article (AI risk) http://effective-altruism.com/ea/m4/a_response_to_matthews_on_ai_risk/ …
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I can’t tell if that author does/doesn’t believe AI risk more important than poverty.
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The naive/simplistic thing is to say, "You're crazy that AI could rival poverty in importance." That's naive.
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Replying to @CShentrup
this was, I think,
@tqbf's point. Sometimes we think we're thinking big thoughts but have gone off the fallacy rails.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @wycats
Perfect! If you’d written my original message, I think we’d all be in a happier place.
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it took a while to get to it, so I don't think I would have arrived at it originally. Glad it ended well :)
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