oh of course, to discredit both his least favourite idea and socialism together the yuppie always picks the most outdated strawmen
the thing is, any ideology whatsoever (capitalism, rationalism, communism, religion - anything) has the utopian asymptotic unachievable point, its the inherent feature of the ideology and human mind in search of a sublime itself + some rituals around forming common knowledge
I haven't read the passage fully, but if it does make a point that the current ai crowd invokes the "you have to try harder" argument for coercion and therefore the ai push is invalid -- that passage in itself is irrelevant, you are adressing the wrong flaws, not that of the ideology itself, but only the one you personally does not like: an honest move, but a mediocre one.
the thing is, any ideology whatsoever (capitalism, rationalism, communism, religion - anything) has the utopian asymptotic unachievable point, its the inherent feature of the ideology and human mind in search of a sublime itself + some rituals around forming common knowledge
I haven't read the passage fully, but if it does make a point that the current ai crowd invokes the "you have to try harder" argument for coercion and therefore the ai push is invalid -- that passage in itself is irrelevant, you are adressing the wrong flaws, not that of the ideology itself, but only the one you personally does not like: an honest move, but a mediocre one.