eigenrobot has AI referee the Pinker vs. Scott Alexander debate, calls it a total evisceration
eigenrobot · x · 2026-10-07
A user suggested feeding Steven Pinker's article and Scott Alexander's response into an LLM to have it judge both arguments, declare a winner, and add its own view. eigenrobot ran the exercise and published the full output, noting the AI's review rules came down overwhelmingly in favor of slatestarcodex.
- eigenrobot calls the AI verdict a complete and justified evisceration of Pinker's arguments — and incidentally of Pinker himself.
- He adds that many repliers are letting their dislike of Scott or disagreement with his conclusions blind them to the quality of the piece.
- The full evaluation is available via a shared ChatGPT conversation link.
Related event: Scott Alexander's open letter to Steven Pinker ignites AI risk debate(22 posts)→
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