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Taking pleasure in being wrong (with Buck Shlegeris)

Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg

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The Importance of Argumentation in AI Arguments

I find that often people who dismiss potential risks from AI, their arguments seem really weak in the way they dismiss it. And of course, that doesn't mean they're wrong, right? Like, no matter how weak in someone's argument is, doesn't imply there isn't a strong argument to be made. If you are arguing against people who are as good at arguing as you are, then I think that arguing with people and seeing if they have more persuasive arguments than you is reasonably good at allowing you to come to true beliefs.

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