Okay I do agree with this, that the fear of being perceived as wrong pushes people to be unmalleable in their opinions. I am not sure I would describe that as "arguing fortifies your emotional stance," because I think there's a better explanation of the underlying mechanism as you pointed it out.
By virtue of being somebody who argues on the internet, shouldn't you then reason that all of your beliefs are suspect, especially the ones you believe most strongly? You must surely expect that you are as unreceptive to new ideas that challenge your beliefs as anyone else. In particular, any evidence in favour of the idea that people can change their mind when confronted with new information you would simply discard.
I agree with your second statement. You have misunderstood me. I am not saying the damage is done so we might as well use it. I am saying people don't understand that it is the training of AIs which is directly power-draining.
I don't understand why you think that my observation people are ignorant about how AIs work is somehow an endorsement that we should use AIs.
Halo: Reach > Halo 3
This I honestly don't believe in.
somebody never leaving the place where they were born is not evidence for or against self-determination.
I think this image would be improved without the unrelated first sentence about self-driving cars.
I don't like cars, but I would prefer cars be built with seatbelts.
I don't like cars, but I would prefer cars use renewable energy instead of gasoline.
I don't like cars, but I would prefer they be built to sensible safety standards.
I don't like cars, but I would prefer they could drive themselves reliably instead of requiring a fickle and inattentive human pilot.
I'm not claiming it would. I'm disagreeing with your semantic argument:
“European union” has a meaning - it is a union of European countries. Not much room in that.
the glass is half flempty
I disagree. European Union is a union of countries, named as such because it was founded in Europe.
is this true?
They're very portable, so you can carry them around with you in case you come up with an idea of something to write on your Tesla while you're out and about. They stick to the surface quite well and don't wash off in the rain.
(Please try not to succumb to the temptation to write "F**k off Nazi Scum" or similar on somebody else's though like other people are suggesting. That might encourage people not to buy Teslas, which is a shame, because they're great American cars.)
Out of curiosity, if they weren't mistreating people, what would the expected number of deaths be given the total number of people-days of detention since January?