Eliezer Yudkowsky and Stephen Wolfram don't get truth in this conversation!

[TimStr]

I love looking at this conversation, because its so clear to see, that these extremely intelligent scientists just struggle to make sense of the questions they're talking about, because they don't have a accrate notion of truth.

Check 00:54:39 for the section on AI systems and truth.

Yudkowsky is sort of stuck in moral absolutism and Wolfram is poking into that. Wolfram himself is stuck in a scientific relativism that is blatantly obvious to Yudkowsky. Both of them clearly see the epistemic blounders of the other, yet they are not able to see each of their own blindspots.

It's also very clear, that Wolfram is slightly more construct aware than Yudkowsky, yet he still doesn't get the whole picture, that consciousness is the basis and not computation. Both of them don't get, that the notion of truth is subjected and filtered by the state of development of individuals.

I think, getting truth right is essential to solve the issues we have with AI.

Edited February 25 by TimStr
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