[ Disclaimer: This is my first post so please don’t go easy on me. ]
After reading a handful of comments I am surprised to see so many people think of what Eliezer did here as some sort of “bad” thing. Maybe I’m missing something but after reading all I saw was him convincing the man to continue the discourse even though he initially began to shy away from it.
Perhaps citing a theorem may have intimidated him a little, but in all fairness Eliezer did let him know at the outset that he worked in the field of Artificial Intelligence.
[ Disclaimer: This is my first post so please don’t go easy on me. ]
After reading a handful of comments I am surprised to see so many people think of what Eliezer did here as some sort of “bad” thing. Maybe I’m missing something but after reading all I saw was him convincing the man to continue the discourse even though he initially began to shy away from it.
Perhaps citing a theorem may have intimidated him a little, but in all fairness Eliezer did let him know at the outset that he worked in the field of Artificial Intelligence.
Old post, but...
He cited a theorem knowing that his opponent wouldn’t be able to detect a bad cite.
It actually was a bad cite.