[FRIAM] the arc of ai (was Re: Whew!)

[Marcus Daniels]

I was talking to someone about a conference they attended and a technical discussion they had with an individual at the conference.    He said he found the individual interesting -- a distinguished-looking older gentleman.  Eventually he asked him about his affiliation.  He said he was unaffiliated.   The conclusion of this individual was that he was a kook and he stopped the conversation.  Shouldn’t it be possible to identify kooks on the content of what they say and the (lack of) substance of their accomplishments?   That’s not what most academics do, in my experience.   It is often very much about genealogy and affiliation.   The argument from authority is alive and well.

If one thinks like this, then it is only appropriate for them to give more credence to the remarks of someone like Kaczynski.  He was a Berkeley man after all.    That is competed with social pressure in those circles to say that smart people demonstrably capable of violence must have “gone crazy”, “lost it”, and so on.

Marcus

From: Friam [mailto:friam-bounces at redfish.com] On Behalf Of Frank Wimberly
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Subject: Re: [FRIAM] the arc of ai (was Re: Whew!)

No, because it's irrelevant.
Frank Wimberly
Phone (505) 670-9918

On May 5, 2017 2:36 PM, "Marcus Daniels" <marcus at snoutfarm.com<mailto:marcus at snoutfarm.com>> wrote:
Frank writes:

“In that case I was using reductio ad absurdum to argue the irrelevancy  of which celebrity went to what school.”

Because he’s a terrorist or because his ideas were wrong?   His ideas resonate with whitelash voters.   I find that scary.

Marcus

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