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Yoav Goldberg, AI2-Israel Research Director, disputes advice to consult professional philosophers before writing on AI

Tal Linzen responded that consultations might convince writers to quit

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@tallinzen if their goal is to "write things about the philosophy of AI", your advise is perhaps the worst one to follow...

Tal Linzen@tallinzen

A lot of people have opinions about the philosophy of AI and want to write things about it and I would like to say to these people: *please* talk to a philosopher first. Philosophy is hard!

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Tal Linzen@tallinzen

@yoavgo well, the outcome of this conversation may well be "don't write this"

@tallinzen if their goal is to "write things about the philosophy of AI", your advise is perhaps the worst one to follow...

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Tal Linzen@tallinzen

A lot of people have opinions about the philosophy of AI and want to write things about it and I would like to say to these people: *please* talk to a philosopher first. Philosophy is hard!

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