Richard Dawkins and The Claude Delusion: The great skeptic gets taken in
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Richard Dawkins and The Claude Delusion: The great skeptic gets taken in
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Re: Richard Dawkins and The Claude Delusion: The great skeptic gets taken in
#2The man has wasted his precious time on earth trying to explain the meaning of life without accepting the existence of the soul. It makes total sense that he can be fooled by AI nonsense.
To be 85 and lack basic wisdom is quite an astonishing achievement.
Re: Richard Dawkins and The Claude Delusion: The great skeptic gets taken in
#3I'll read this later. I've added it to my favorites. I'm a big fan of Dawkins.
Re: Richard Dawkins and The Claude Delusion: The great skeptic gets taken in
#4The man has wasted his precious time on earth trying to explain the meaning of life without accepting the existence of the soul. It makes total sense that he can be fooled by AI nonsense. To be 85 and lack basic wisdom is quite an astonishing achievement.
Wasted?
Re: Richard Dawkins and The Claude Delusion: The great skeptic gets taken in
#5It's been clear for a long time now that Dawkins was never actually very skeptical; he likes taking contrary positions based on spite more than reason, as can be seen from his increasing adoption of the religion he used to rail against [1].
At this point, 'person who is popularly thought to be intelligent thinks AI is conscious' should make you question the first part, not endorse the second.
[1] https://ewtn.co.uk/article-famous-atheist-richard-dawkins-sa...
Re: Richard Dawkins and The Claude Delusion: The great skeptic gets taken in
#6It's been clear for a long time now that Dawkins was never actually very skeptical; he likes taking contrary positions based on spite more than reason, as can be seen from his increasing adoption of the religion he used to rail against [1]. At this point, 'person who is popularly thought to be intelligent thinks AI is conscious' should make you question the first part, not endorse the second. [1] https://ewtn.co.uk/a…
A "cultural X" is a totally valid position. Many Jewish atheists consider themselves "cultural Jews" and see no problem with celebrating Jewish festivals even if they don't believe in God. Being an atheist doesn't mean you have to reject the culture you grew up in.
Re: Richard Dawkins and The Claude Delusion: The great skeptic gets taken in
#7It's been clear for a long time now that Dawkins was never actually very skeptical; he likes taking contrary positions based on spite more than reason, as can be seen from his increasing adoption of the religion he used to rail against [1]. At this point, 'person who is popularly thought to be intelligent thinks AI is conscious' should make you question the first part, not endorse the second. [1] https://ewtn.co.uk/a…
A "cultural X" is a totally valid position. Many Jewish atheists consider themselves "cultural Jews" and see no problem with celebrating Jewish festivals even if they don't believe in God. Being an atheist doesn't mean you have to reject the culture you grew up in.
I would agree with that, but Dawkins made a career of not doing so, and only modulated his position when it gave him new targets to rail against.
Re: Richard Dawkins and The Claude Delusion: The great skeptic gets taken in
#8The man has wasted his precious time on earth trying to explain the meaning of life without accepting the existence of the soul. It makes total sense that he can be fooled by AI nonsense. To be 85 and lack basic wisdom is quite an astonishing achievement.
What is a soul, and how does one go about proving it’s existence?
It doesn’t seem obvious to me.
Re: Richard Dawkins and The Claude Delusion: The great skeptic gets taken in
#9The man has wasted his precious time on earth trying to explain the meaning of life without accepting the existence of the soul. It makes total sense that he can be fooled by AI nonsense. To be 85 and lack basic wisdom is quite an astonishing achievement.
Are you suggesting 85 year olds typically have more wisdom and are less easily fooled by things?
Re: Richard Dawkins and The Claude Delusion: The great skeptic gets taken in
#10The man has wasted his precious time on earth trying to explain the meaning of life without accepting the existence of the soul. It makes total sense that he can be fooled by AI nonsense. To be 85 and lack basic wisdom is quite an astonishing achievement.
What is a soul, and how does one go about proving it’s existence? It doesn’t seem obvious to me.
Neither existence nor nonexistence is obvious. Ergo, differences of opinion. Militants on both sides are problematic. I strongly dislike Dawkins, in the same way as I do people knocking on my door trying to convert me to any other religion.
At least the zealots who knockon my door. I've had a few good conversations.
Ditto for LLM sentience. We have no evidence either way.