“You have to disentangle the details. You have to hold up every one independently, and ask, "How do we know *this* detail?" Someone sketches out a picture of humanity's descent into nanotechnological warfare, where China refuses to abide by an international control agreement, followed by an arms race ... Wait a minute—how do you know it will be China? Is that a crystal ball in your pocket or are you just happy to be a futurist? Where are all these details coming from? Where did *that specific* detail come from?”
Quote by Eliezer Yudkowsky
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Eliezer Yudkowsky
Eliezer Yudkowsky is a writer known for his contributions to the fields of artificial intelligence and cognitive science, particularly in the areas of reinforcement learning and rationalist philosophy. more
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