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johnnyFive  ·  2762 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Can Robots Reach Consciousness and Rule Humanity?

I'm getting like 10 links a day from you on my feed, and it's getting kind of old.

I get that this is an important topic to you, and rightly so. But you still haven't shown why I should take your thoughts on it seriously, since you don't really provide any real information, argument, or possible solutions. One-trick ponies get boring pretty fast.





ideasware  ·  2762 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Actually just one, but it's almost the same, right? Almost? Why don't you just talk with me, without rancor, instead of arguing endlessly?

johnnyFive  ·  2762 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Honestly? Because you showed up here and started lecturing us about how we didn't understand this issue, but now you're here and you're ready to enlighten us.

If you had started off on a different tack, I would think that you were just naive but passionate about the topic. But if you're going to bring the "I'm your intellectual savior" attitude, you'd better be able to back it up. Normally if someone has nothing to teach me I'd just move on, but when it's combined with the level of arrogance you've displayed, it really gets under my skin.