No question Chomsky is great intellectual, but his recent NYtimes article on AI was pretty unsophisticated. [I also think his review of Skinner is a little less decisive than it's often considered to be.]
Really glad to see him condemn it. Chomsky and Peter Singer are probably the two most influential people on my worldview, and I had also always found his comments on animals disappointing. But I wonder if that means he's vegan now, as last time I heard him talk about it he said he eats 'very little meat.'
Btw, did you change your mind on humane meat? A couple months ago you commented you didn't think it was permissible and linked this https://philpapers.org/rec/JOHCAN
No question Chomsky is great intellectual, but his recent NYtimes article on AI was pretty unsophisticated. [I also think his review of Skinner is a little less decisive than it's often considered to be.]
Good to see him take a stance on this.
Really glad to see him condemn it. Chomsky and Peter Singer are probably the two most influential people on my worldview, and I had also always found his comments on animals disappointing. But I wonder if that means he's vegan now, as last time I heard him talk about it he said he eats 'very little meat.'
Btw, did you change your mind on humane meat? A couple months ago you commented you didn't think it was permissible and linked this https://philpapers.org/rec/JOHCAN
It’s permissible in a vacuum; impermissible generally because of second order effects.
I've vetted lots of claims of his about foreign policy, and they've all turned out true or debatable. Haven't looked much into his historical claims.