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by thisisthenewme 11 days ago
When a researcher discovers that smoking is damaging to the lungs, do they need to provide a solution that allows people to smoke without damaging their lungs? Would their inability to provide a solution take anything away from the research?
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taeric 11 days ago
To conflate AI with smoking is just not helpful. At all.

Or are you saying that there are acute harms from AI that are being ignored?

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PaulDavisThe1st 11 days ago
Acute, chronic - why would it matter?

Why is it unhelpful to conflate AI with smoking?

And yes, lots of people are saying "there are harms from AI that are being ignored".

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taeric 11 days ago
Acute would imply that we should flat out stop. Chronic would imply looking for plans to work on it. Acute and chronic would imply that we should both stop and take action to address damages.

What harms from AI are people ignoring?

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