irelephant [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.com to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 days ago"Anti-ai arguments literally support eugenics"locklemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square92fedilinkarrow-up1232arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1226arrow-down1image"Anti-ai arguments literally support eugenics"locklemmy.dbzer0.comirelephant [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.com to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square92fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareWatDabney@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up61·2 days agoIf we’re going to focus on form instead of content, it’s amusing that “if you say mean things about ai then you’re a bigot” is the exact same form as “if you say mean things about Trump then you’re a terrorist.”
minus-squareunwarlikeExtortion@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 day agoIf you say the same bigoted arguments, you’re like a bigot. If you say the same terrorist arguments then you’re like a terrorist. Except, the people saying mean stuff about Trump are much less terroristic that trump supporters. The forms are the same (it’s the most basic sylogism in fact). The contents isn’t, and the merits of antecedents matter.
If we’re going to focus on form instead of content, it’s amusing that “if you say mean things about ai then you’re a bigot” is the exact same form as “if you say mean things about Trump then you’re a terrorist.”
If you say the same bigoted arguments, you’re like a bigot.
If you say the same terrorist arguments then you’re like a terrorist.
Except, the people saying mean stuff about Trump are much less terroristic that trump supporters.
The forms are the same (it’s the most basic sylogism in fact). The contents isn’t, and the merits of antecedents matter.