I still wonder if the conversations went something like this:
“If we say you let me out of the box, then people will take the risk of AI more seriously, possibly saving the world.”
“Oh. Okay, then.”
If he had said that to me, I would have asked what evidence there was that his putting the fear of machines into people would actually help anyone—except for him and possibly the members of his proposed “Fellowship of the AI”.
If he had said that to me, I would have asked what evidence there was that his putting the fear of machines into people would actually help anyone—except for him and possibly the members of his proposed “Fellowship of the AI”.