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		cwillu on Sept 30, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Is “AI Safety” a Grift? It's ok that you don't believe a problem exists, but that doesn't make the people who do believe it exists into swindlers.

version_five on Sept 30, 2023 [–]

That's not logically consistent. Someone selling solutions to a nonexistent problem is a swindler.

cwillu on Sept 30, 2023 | [–]

Someone selling solutions to a problem the salesman doesn't believe exists is a swindler. But yours are not the only possible beliefs, and having different beliefs than you doesn't make someone a swindler.

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