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by anonydsfsfs 1110 days ago
The signatories on this are not crackpots. Hinton is incredibly influential, and he quit his job at Google so he could "freely speak out about the risks of A.I."
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JoeAltmaier 1110 days ago
Yet the lame rationalization was similar to that of a crackpot (previous comment).

The correct expression is as you so correctly point out: to appeal to the authority of the source.

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