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" and hating minorities are all “bad” for the same reason, "

What does this have to do with AI?

Also, why hedge everything you're about to say with a big disclaimer?:

Disclaimer: I believe that what I’m saying in this post is true to a certain degree, but this sort of logic is often a slippery slope and can miss important details. Take it with a grain of salt, more like a thought-provoking read than a universal claim. Also, it’d be cool if I wasn’t harassed for saying this.
What does this have to do with AI?

The author's general concern about externalization of downsides.

Also, why hedge everything you're about to say with a big disclaimer?

Because people are extremely rude on the internet. It won't make much of a difference to actual nitpicking, as I'm sure we'll see, it's more of a sad recognition of the problem.

Also, why hedge everything you're about to say with a big disclaimer?:

Because her previous (Telegram-only) post on a similar topic has attracted a lot of unfounded negative comments that were largely vague and toxic, rather than engaging with her specific points directly and rationally.

She even mentions it later in this post (the part about “worse is better”). Have you not read that? Ironically, you're acting exactly like those people who complain without having read the post.

What does this have to do with AI?

It's literally explained in the same sentence, right after the part that you quote. Why don't you engage more specifically with that explanation? What's unclear about it?

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