LessWrong is more popular than this chamber, yet most of the philosophers I meet are strictly anti AI, so now I’m questioning everything
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It’s strange to me that the more “philosophical” types are mostly anti AI while the more STEM oriented types are more pro AI. I don’t see any other technological advancements that have philosophers questioning its validity and value nearly as much. And I don’t see a lot of STEM people questioning the ethics of their projects like I do with AI. The people I meet in philosophy groups aren’t “anti AI,” they just are very anti the people working on AI. Why are they so against the people working on AI? That’s a big part of my question. I don’t know if they are right, wrong, or both, but I’m not sure about it. <br><br>I don’t get it because all of the philosophers I know always seem to be fixated on hard determinism, physicalism, and empiricism, and have a lot more inflammatory views of individual agency. I’d think that most people in this category should be pro AI by default, but maybe I’m wrong. I have no idea. Anyways, thanks for the answers.
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