“of all the abilities that humans are granted by their birth this is the one you perform the worst”—This seems like an odd comparison. Can you really compare my ability to, say, tell stories to ‘mind-reading’? It’s like comparing my ability to walk to my ability to jump straight up: I can walk for miles, but I can only jump straight up a meter or so—a 1000:1 ratio—but I do not feel particularly bad at my ability to jump.
I would definitely believe the AI, but I already believe it, if it said “humans are worse at discerning states of minds than they think they are”—Paul Ekman said the same, with plenty of research to show how a bit of training can make you better at it. “It is obvious you are living in a simulation”, as an easy comparison, is way stranger to me—the above statement would not even rank in the “10 strangest things”.
“of all the abilities that humans are granted by their birth this is the one you perform the worst”—This seems like an odd comparison. Can you really compare my ability to, say, tell stories to ‘mind-reading’? It’s like comparing my ability to walk to my ability to jump straight up: I can walk for miles, but I can only jump straight up a meter or so—a 1000:1 ratio—but I do not feel particularly bad at my ability to jump.
I would definitely believe the AI, but I already believe it, if it said “humans are worse at discerning states of minds than they think they are”—Paul Ekman said the same, with plenty of research to show how a bit of training can make you better at it. “It is obvious you are living in a simulation”, as an easy comparison, is way stranger to me—the above statement would not even rank in the “10 strangest things”.