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We had to build the Torment Nexus, because otherwise, someone else would have built the Torment Nexus.

It’s more like: we had to build the Torment Nexus, because otherwise, people used its non-existence as evidence we couldn’t.

No, that's not what I say. My argument is that once the Torment Nexus is built, it is stupid to argue that they used it to torment people, when someone else would have tormented people with it anyway. If one wants to argue something, it's that the Nexus should not have been built.

And I honestly have no idea what Tao wanted to happen. How could you ensure that the AI "empowers" scientists and doesn't replace them. Intelligence is intelligence. If it's powerful enough, it will replace other intelligence.

> No, that's not what I say

Unfortunately, though, it is what you said. And more or less what you

> If one wants to argue something, it's that the Nexus should not have been built.

Or that it is being built in a way that is causing forseeable problems, while making no effort to anticipate and solve or mitigate those problems.

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