I don’t believe for one moment that using a Balrog analogy actually makes people understand the argument when they otherwise wouldn’t.
I disagree, I think there is value in analogies when used carefully.
It is a fallacy to think of AI risk as like Balrogs because someone has written a plausible-sounding story comparing it to Balrogs.
Yes, I also agree with this; you have to be careful of implicitly using fiction as evidence.
I disagree, I think there is value in analogies when used carefully.
Yes, I also agree with this; you have to be careful of implicitly using fiction as evidence.