davidc

• davidcJan 19, 2015, 7:16 PM

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  on: Jan­uary Open Thread

  This piece from an AI researcher at NYU criticizing Nick Bostrum’s SuperIntelligence seems like it’s worth a look (and hasn’t been posted here yet), for folks interested in the subject.

  What links here?

  • Com­ments on Ernest Davis’s com­ments on Bostrom’s Superintelligence by Giles (Jan 24, 2015, 4:40 AM; 2 points)

• davidcJan 15, 2015, 9:26 PM

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  in reply to: Bernadette_Young’s comment on: Sup­port­ive scep­ti­cism in practice

  I’d accept there’s some tradeoff here, but I’d hope it’s possible to defend your reasoning while being sufficiently supportive.

• davidcJan 15, 2015, 4:12 PM

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  on: The Priv­ilege of Earn­ing To Give

  This makes me want to distinguish among different kinds of privilege, as in this post:

  Dominance is privilege that is harmful to other people and that no one should have; Support is privilege that everyone should have, and is not on its own harmful to anyone else.

  For instance: A habit of attempting to dominate conversations is internalized dominance, and actually being allowed to do so is external dominance; speaking up for oneself is a sign of internalized support, while actually being listened to is external support.

  I think Jeff is (mostly?) talking about “support”, the kind of privilege that everyone should have.