Is anybody struck by the irony that a man who targeted people who contributed to the advancement of technology because of his concern for that technologyâs destructive potential for the future of humanityâŚ.has died at the beginning of the AI revolution which we may or may not be able to control?
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Yes. And the thing is a lot of people are too âreasonableâ to understand he was right.
Catâs out of the box. Tread fearlessly. And hope for the best outcome.
I think thatâs just how human are.
People are too distracted by his actions to be willing to consider his motivations. Itâs understandable, but such blindness keeps people from understanding the motivations of some important historical figures. Killing people is unethical by every standard and immoral by most. But bad actions are not necessarily irrational. The man wrote about his motivations. His manifesto is worth a read.
Most people think itâs unethical and crazy thing to do, because they donât see the consequences of not doing so. Sometimes you have to pay very big prices to avoid very bad outcomes. If one canât see the outcome, he canât understand the cost.
I donât think what he did was right, I still cannot fully agree with his method. And itâs not up to me to judge whether it was right. But I absolutely think he had such a through understanding of social psychology, political identity, and technologyâs effect on human as a whole.
No.