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The first step in becoming a carpenter is to become a bad carpenter.

I cannot disagree here in theory; but to say that: "The first step to become a doctor is NOT to be a bad doctor, its to go to medical school"

Bomb squad technician seems more pertinent here.

Doctors different mate. There a shit ton of people who just bought a table saw and now are good carpenters.

The claim I responded to was nothing but weak elitist gatekeeping. Such people should think really hard why they are how they are. It's ob obnoxious.

Remember "Doctors, Lawyers, Engineers". There's a reason they go together..

>There's a reason they go together..

They're all self-regulating professions with licensing bodies and professional standards?

Agreed, and I in no way meant to be pedantic. I think I did a bad job of articulating point of - where do we draw the line? How many tables did the "people who just bought a table saw" sell before they were "good carpenters". With AI, there are lots of people who think they are "good carpenters".

Here in the US; the head of HHS and DOD decided that flu vaccines were no longer mandatory; until the flu exploded on military bases. I am not taking a position here because I genuinely do not know what the answer to this is but I do think it is as important as it is interesting.

I many ways I think AI amplifies the "The Dunning-Kruger" by an order of magnitude; I think this could be one of the defining issue of our time.

For me I say this: I don't need to draw a line for other people.

If I choose to hire someone for a job, I really don't care how they got there. Be it self taught or through school or university.

Drawing a line always means you take away opportunity, which isn't yours to take.

What if you hire a firm to build you a 25-storey office tower? Do you care if the firm's structural engineer actually went to engineering school?

I sure do.

Chevron Deference

What about it

It is what ensured that people enforcing specific laws had actual expertise in said area.

I think you're not understanding what I wrote. Feel free to try again.

>I think you're not understanding what I wrote.

Entirely possible.

>Feel free to try again.

Feel free to add clarification.

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