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Comment by breve

3 days ago

If indeed he doesn't have the heart for basic honesty then why should anyone listen to him about anything?

This is not a high bar. This is not some impossible moral standard to be held to.

This really is an easy one.

Being honest about self-driving AI gets you sued by the richest guy on earth.

  • Everything has a cost. Fear of doing the right thing isn't worth it.

    • That's a very cute power rangers way of saying it, but c'mon, it's easy to say when it's not you who is the target of a limitless revenge machine.

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  • Honesty is not the same thing as justified dishonesty.

    If you can paint him as a rational agent for lying, you can still be a rational agent and ignore his lies.