Father Of Quantum Computing: How To Think Like A Genius - David Deutsch - #1164

Deutsch argues LLMs can't reach AGI and that AI-doom fears, like past anti-nuclear panic, risk causing more harm than the threat itself.

• Knowledge creation is unified: Deutsch argues all knowledge creation—evolution, children learning language, scientific discovery—follows one Popperian process: guessing and error-correction, never certainty.
• Optimism redefined: Deutsch's optimism isn't cheerfulness but the claim that failure always signals missing knowledge, not an insoluble barrier—applicable to terminal illness or civilizational crises alike.

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