RogueAI

"Words trigger nothing, because they do not have the capacity to move matter. That’s sorcery." If words don't trigger anything, why is it illegal to m...

I do love me some Bayes. Not everyone is a Bayesian, though, so maybe that's where DingoJones is coming from.

Words are simply verbalized thoughts. Thought precedes action. The wrong words (thoughts) can trigger the wrong actions. In the case of peons like us,...

"People tend to overestimate the power of words is my only point. The idea that the pen is mightier than the sword is a common superstition." The Pres...

I don't understand the point you're trying to make.

"You dont. Thats part of my point. He could be cheating, and the probability might not kick in at all." Probability always kicks in, that's why I link...

"The policies pertain to illegal immigrants only." Are you sure? Were any asylum-seekers' kids taken from them?

Obama separated immigrant children from adults if it was suspected the child was in danger. It was not a blanket policy. Trump/Sessions/Miller (whoeve...

Nonsense. Words are extremely important. Presidents can start wars and tank economies with words.

How do I know the dealer's not cheating? https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/probability-interpret/#SubPro

Everything's a probability calculation. You can never have complete certainty about the external world. That's why poker is so fun.

Yeah, that was a great series. It's not very likely, though. If the galaxy was full of hyper-paranoid aliens, they wouldn't need to wait for the coord...

"We should have stayed in caves? I don't follow your point. I've got 200,000 years of human progress on the side of my argument. You've got 200 years ...

It requires monumental stupidity for a species to paint itself into such a corner that it depends on some future technology that might never materiali...

When two alien civs discover each other, each will have to deal with the following disjunctive proposition: "Either there are only two advanced races ...

I posted a long reply, went to edit it, and the whole thing disappeared. "I don't see why this is necessarily so." The probability the only two advanc...

If there are only two advanced alien civs in the entire galaxy, it would be extremely improbable they would find themselves near each other. The same ...

If Trump supporters thought Trump was competent, they would have freaked out when Trump said: "Take the guns first, go through due process second" I m...

The nature of the artificial intelligence isn't relevant. It could be wetware or hardware. Three things are crucial: 1. That it knows it's an artifici...

I don't think I'm going out on a limb by claiming an A.I.'s top priority will be continued existence. The self-awareness point is irrelevant. Whether ...