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Comment by NumberWangMan

> The Argument From Stephen Hawking's Cat

> Stephen Hawking is one of the most brilliant people alive, but say he wants to get his cat into the cat carrier. How's he going to do it?

> He can model the cat's behavior in his mind and figure out ways to persuade it. He knows a lot about feline behavior. But ultimately, if the cat doesn't want to get in the carrier, there's nothing Hawking can do about it despite his overpowering advantage in intelligence.

A trivial rebuttal to this: Stephen Hawking writes a book about physics and sells it (already has). He gets money and hires someone to put the cat into the carrier for him.

AI wants to do something? Make some money, hire people to do it. If you're not allowed to have a bank account, simply barter. Give someone a taste of what you can do for them, then set up a trade.

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