That's a great argument and way of reversing the argument-from-ignorance line.
That said, I think people who argue from ignorance suppose we don't know how AI works either. Since the admen selling it tell them that.
We know exactly and precisely how AI works; we can fully explain it. What we don't know are circumstantial parts of the explanation (eg., what properties of the training data + alg gave rise to the specific weight w1=0.01).
This is like knowing why the thermometer reads 21 deg C (since the motion of the molecules in the water, etc. etc.) -- but not knowing which molecules specifically bounced off it.
This confusion about "what we dont know" allows the prophetic tech grifter class to prognosticate in their interest. Since "we dont know how AI works, then it might work such that i'll be very rich, so invest with me!"
That said, I think people who argue from ignorance suppose we don't know how AI works either. Since the admen selling it tell them that.
We know exactly and precisely how AI works; we can fully explain it. What we don't know are circumstantial parts of the explanation (eg., what properties of the training data + alg gave rise to the specific weight w1=0.01).
This is like knowing why the thermometer reads 21 deg C (since the motion of the molecules in the water, etc. etc.) -- but not knowing which molecules specifically bounced off it.
This confusion about "what we dont know" allows the prophetic tech grifter class to prognosticate in their interest. Since "we dont know how AI works, then it might work such that i'll be very rich, so invest with me!"
All this said, it's a great observation.