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Experts urged to provide evidence for extraordinary AI and bioweapon claims

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The author emphasizes the need for extraordinary evidence to support extraordinary claims, particularly in fields like LLMs and bioweapons, drawing a parallel to Carl Sagan's principle. They argue that domain experts, who implicitly hold public trust, must be exceptionally careful and circumspect with their assertions, especially when raising alarms. The responsibility lies with the claimant to provide commensurate evidence, rather than expecting the public to understand complex technical subjects. AI

IMPACT Emphasizes the need for rigorous evidence and responsible communication from experts regarding complex AI topics.

RANK_REASON Opinion piece by a named credible voice discussing AI claims and evidence.

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Experts urged to provide evidence for extraordinary AI and bioweapon claims

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  1. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    ""[…] We should heed the wisdom of the late Carl Sagan that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence: the claims from Coxon and his ilk are the most

    ""[…] We should heed the wisdom of the late Carl Sagan that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence: the claims from Coxon and his ilk are the most extraordinary a technologist can make, and we must demand evidence commensurate with the claims. That said, we should no…

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