The following is lifted directly from Zvi Mowshowitz with only light formatting changes because I think it’s Importan...

The following is lifted directly from Zvi Mowshowitz with only light formatting changes because I think it’s Important, Valuable, and Good. It is also buried deep in a blog post that many people would have neither the time nor inclination to read. That Would Be Bad Therefore It Won’t Work I strongly agree with Garrison Lovely that it is a big mistake, and one that both the left and right in America frequently make, to focus on whether you are ‘for or against’ something, in a way that conflates ‘that plan is trying to do something bad’ with ‘that plan will not work,’ and to treat those saying these two things as ‘on the same side.’ Garrison Lovely: When I wrote a post critical of Ed Zitron, one thrust of comments was, ‘i don’t get why you’re attacking a fellow critic,’ as if it didn’t matter if your analysis was correct, as long as it was negative on AI! If you’re a union negotiating with management, you need to understand your power and your boss’s power to get the best deal.…