Wasn’t Scott’s point specifically about rhetorical techniques? I think if you apply it broadly to “tools”—and especially if your standard for symmetry is met by “could be used for” (as opposed to “is just as useful for”) -- then you’re at risk of ruling out almost every useful tool.
(I don’t know how this thing works, but it’s entirely possible that a) the chatbot employs virtuous, asymmetric argumentative techniques, AND b) the code used to create it could easily be repurposed to create a chatbot that employs unvirtuous, symmetric techniques.)
Wasn’t Scott’s point specifically about rhetorical techniques? I think if you apply it broadly to “tools”—and especially if your standard for symmetry is met by “could be used for” (as opposed to “is just as useful for”) -- then you’re at risk of ruling out almost every useful tool.
(I don’t know how this thing works, but it’s entirely possible that a) the chatbot employs virtuous, asymmetric argumentative techniques, AND b) the code used to create it could easily be repurposed to create a chatbot that employs unvirtuous, symmetric techniques.)