The blank slate fallacy is a false premise that is highly damaging to both humans and AI.

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• Both the special-purpose-programs view and the blank-slate view of human intelligence are likely incorrect. FCFrançois Chollet5 Nov 2019
• Treating text-trained AI as a reliable authority would undermine the nature of truth DHDouglas Hofstadter8 Jul 2023
• A priori arguments on empirical matters, such as that AI will certainly kill everyone, are usually wrong however convincing they seem. NQNabeel S. Qureshiby 27 Dec 2023
• Arguing that human-level AI is very unlikely within twenty years is now the minority position, and the burden of proof has moved onto it. HTHelen Toner1 Apr 2025
• In an era of algorithmic recommendations and AI-generated writing, triviality is everywhere, and admiring what's genuinely improbable is the best defense against it. CMCraig Mod19 Sept 2026

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