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lowbloodsugar on May 1, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Geoffrey Hinton leaves Google and warns of danger ...

In this case, however, the elderly scientist is stating things are possible, so Clarke's law doesn't apply. What he is saying is possible, is very bad.

mtlmtlmtlmtl on May 1, 2023 [–]

How doesn't it apply? The adage says the elderly scientist saying something is possible is almost certainly correct.

So by the adage, Hinton is almost certainly correct.

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