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Should ethicists be inside or outside a profession? — LessWrong

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Originally written in 2007. • ---------------------------------------- • Marvin Minsky in an interview with Danielle Egan for New Scientist: …

x Should ethicists be inside or outside a profession? — LessWrong AI Risk Ethics & Morality Existential risk AI Frontpage 98 Should ethicists be inside or outside a profession? by Eliezer Yudkowsky 12th Dec 2018 11 min read 7 98 Originally written in 2007. Marvin Minsky in an interview with Danielle Egan for New Scientist: Minsky: The reason we have politicians is to prevent bad things from happening. It doesn’t make sense to ask a scientist to worry about the bad effects of their discoveries, because they’re no better at that than anyone else. Scientists are not particularly good at social po

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