In the superintelligent domain, as you say, violence is not an ontological category and there is no firm line between persuading someone with a bad argument and reprogramming their brain with nanomachines. In our world there is a firm line, however.
I don’t think there is such a firm line. I think argument shades smoothly into cult brainwashing techniques.
Eli, you said:
In the superintelligent domain, as you say, violence is not an ontological category and there is no firm line between persuading someone with a bad argument and reprogramming their brain with nanomachines. In our world there is a firm line, however.
I don’t think there is such a firm line. I think argument shades smoothly into cult brainwashing techniques.