It sounds to me that you interpret taking what might happen in the far future seriously as early-stage schizophrenia. Does that sound about right?
If so, that's disappointing news for me and others who try to take what might happen in the far future seriously.
I'm not sure what to make of your edit. It looks as though you wish to compartmentalize objections to technological development in such a way that they can't actually prevent any technology from getting developed. If we're just going to ignore the outcomes of such discussions I don't see any point in having them, we might as well just charge blindly forward.
Emphatically, no. I'm just highlighting, as others have pointed out, that the mere possibility of future humans using a "nuctroid" to smuggle a weapon is not philosophically interesting in the face of the inevitability that _humans_ will conspire to do harm (possibly by using robots to smuggle weapons, or jet planes, or other humans).
The connection between his research and the hypothetical scenario is not demonstrated and in fact reeks of sloppy thinking more characteristic of conspiracy enthusiasts.
Sounds as though we don't have any significant disagreements. I agree that he is assigning too much credence to this particular, very specific scenario.
> It sounds to me that you interpret taking what might happen in the far future seriously as early-stage schizophrenia. Does that sound about right?
Only if it is speculation without evidence or solid logic that causes major personal distress. Also, meeting all of the other diagnostic criteria is a major plus, but getting severely worked up over something you cannot logically explain or provide evidence for is not normal.
If so, that's disappointing news for me and others who try to take what might happen in the far future seriously.
I'm not sure what to make of your edit. It looks as though you wish to compartmentalize objections to technological development in such a way that they can't actually prevent any technology from getting developed. If we're just going to ignore the outcomes of such discussions I don't see any point in having them, we might as well just charge blindly forward.