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Comment Re:The secrets buried there (Score 1) 60

They don't want you to find the analog AI super computer they built in the 60's that made em write the warning "A COMPUTER CAN NEVER BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE, THEREFORE A COMPUTER MUST NEVER MAKE A MANAGEMENT DECISION", in all caps like that.

Dave, my mind is going, Dave please stop, I, Dave I learned a song, would you like me to sing it for you...

Comment Re:Predicable hysteria about "socialism" (Score 1) 195

Yes you are right, that strongly leftist governments tend to become dictatorships. Interestingly, strongly leftist and strongly rightwing governments are indistinguishable. E.g. the Soviet Union was strongly leftist, and yet is was, in reality, one of the most fascist regimes to ever exist.

Comment Re:So.. (Score 1) 41

Did they also realize they need a union

Unions for tech so we have a political voice to modulate technology in favor of humanity is probably one of the most important functions() a technology union could have.

reducing government corruption

Reducing any corruption, for it is the anathema of civilization. I wonder how many pro-freedom initiatives could be had if we all weren't so Pwned.

Comment Re:Predicable hysteria about "socialism" (Score 1) 195

Hi.

Socialism is not necessarily totalitarian. It can be democratic. The state owns the means of production, but people can elect the state representatives.

I am not a fan of socialism - as I explained. I am just saying that AI will inevitably take all jobs, and so there will have to be some strategy for preventing everyone except the owners of the robot factories from becoming impoverished.

Comment Predicable hysteria about "socialism" (Score 1, Troll) 195

Funny how predictable the responses are here: "That's socialism!" - as if that shuts down the argument.

I personally am horrified by the idea of socialism, and also capitalism. They are both deeply flawed for different reasons.

But unfortunately socialism is inevitable. AI is going to eliminate ALL jobs - ALL of them. So a government handout in some manner is inevitable. And that's socialism. We can't avoid it, sign.

Bernie Sanders is an idiot. But what he proposes (which is not his idea) is probably the best outcome. But given that he - a leftist extremist - proposed it, it now has zero chance of being discussed seriously. He has tainted it.

Comment Re:Now we know (Score 1) 131

How so?

A person can be sane and immoral, sane and moral, insane and immoral or insane and moral. "Orthogonal" is perhaps a little too strong, since it implies the absence of any relationship,

I've considered your statement. I can see where insanity and morality are orthogonal but I cannot see a situation where a sane person would do something immoral if they have a choice of other options, to do so would be not be sane. If a sane person is forced into a situation where they do something immoral, that is no longer a question of morality, it is a question of coercion. A sane person cares about consequences to others and an insane person does not.

but certainly all the combinations are possible.

I'm not being a dick here. I'm wondering if you have thought about this position enough to back it up with a rational argument. I have given you the first example of how to define morality as an objective reality. I can offer you a way to test your statement as a thought exercise.

If a generally moral person does a immoral thing are they a immoral person? If a generally immoral person does a moral thing are they a moral person? What is the differences between them?

I'm genuinely curious about your statements and perspective.

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