@robinhanson I hate that quote. There is no such thing as “extraordinary evidence”. It’s an arbitrary phrase. Extraordinary claims require sufficient evidence, just like any other claim.
@AshtonForbes@goodmorningufo@UFOphysics4ALL We need to have a full download of his X posts and have it compiled/consolidated to get the meat of his thoughts summarized in a concise format.
PICARD: Data, shields up
DATA: Brilliant! Shields can reduce damage we sustain. Not immunity. Not hubris. Just prudence. It's not precaution—it's strategy.
[camera shakes]
WORF: HULL BREACHES ON NINE DECKS
DATA: Here's what happened: you told me to raise shields, and I didn't
Sam says the issue was simple: the model didn’t have access to a timer tool. Fair.
But the real problem? It still answered anyway.
That’s the classic LLM move, no tools, no clue, but full confidence. Instead of saying “I can’t do that,” it just… vibes an answer into existence.
This is how we end up with AI that sounds like a genius but occasionally behaves like a very convincing bullsh*t artist😅