I'm not following you. How does this quote rationalize building a bomb? He doesn't reference bombs or bomb-making. Are we supposed to disagree with his characterization of Jewish law here? Why?
There's something here that's obvious to you that is not obvious to me.
Rabbi Michael Lerner of Blessed memory used to say to people : “don’t be a realist”.
My understanding is that It was his way of saying that things can change very quickly, and we ought to live in the tension between what is and what ought to be
I'm reminded of terms I first heard used by Shaul Magid: the secular and religious canopies. More people used to live within the latter, now most of us are in the former. Meaning even people who are religious and observant no longer look at the world thru religious or theological lenses. I suspect this is why as everyone confronts the absolute novelty of AI, even religious Jews working on the front lines will not make much use of Jewish thought.
The Teller quote strikes me as utterly anodyne. Can you say a little more about what about it punches you in the gut?
It's an anodyne rationale for creating the world's biggest bomb. That's precisely what is so disturbing about it.
I'm not following you. How does this quote rationalize building a bomb? He doesn't reference bombs or bomb-making. Are we supposed to disagree with his characterization of Jewish law here? Why?
There's something here that's obvious to you that is not obvious to me.
I don't think Judaism really has much to say here. If AI will kill everyone don't do it. If it leads to utopia do it.
Rabbi Michael Lerner of Blessed memory used to say to people : “don’t be a realist”.
My understanding is that It was his way of saying that things can change very quickly, and we ought to live in the tension between what is and what ought to be
I'm reminded of terms I first heard used by Shaul Magid: the secular and religious canopies. More people used to live within the latter, now most of us are in the former. Meaning even people who are religious and observant no longer look at the world thru religious or theological lenses. I suspect this is why as everyone confronts the absolute novelty of AI, even religious Jews working on the front lines will not make much use of Jewish thought.