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STATEMENT № 3E8vFgsz

Maintaining and refining warranted knowledge in Computer Science generally serves human thriving. Reliable automated information processing extends the practical reach of scientific knowledge. This concerns maintaining knowledge, not approval of every possible use.

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  1. Condition Defeasibly affirmed

    Maintaining and refining warranted knowledge in Computer Science generally serves human thriving. Reliable automated information processing extends the practical reach of scientific knowledge. This concerns maintaining knowledge, not approval of every possible use.

    Requires: Maintaining and refining warranted knowledge in Science generally serves human thriving. Reliable predictive tools help reduce human suffering. This concerns maintaining knowledge, not approval of every possible use, Automated information processing expands the reach, scale, and reliability of practical tools, and Computer science provides formal and empirical methods for predicting and verifying the behavior of automated systems.

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    REQUIRES(HOLDS(CLAIM(wbn0S3m8)), HOLDS(CLAIM(9xLfmbKR)), HOLDS(CLAIM(F6IUjIyY)))

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    1. Condition Defeasibly affirmed

      Maintaining and refining warranted knowledge in Science generally serves human thriving. Reliable predictive tools help reduce human suffering. This concerns maintaining knowledge, not approval of every possible use.

      Requires: Human suffering is bad; human thriving is good, Reliable predictive tools reduce human suffering, and The scientific method reliably produces predictive tools.

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      REQUIRES(HOLDS(CLAIM(0WUpxhv6)), HOLDS(CLAIM(pCzhFqWB)), HOLDS(CLAIM(yVRh72SK)))

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      1. ⬢ Root axiom Affirmed

        “Human suffering is bad; human thriving is good.” — the one commitment we've agreed not to reopen view

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        TRUE

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      2. Condition Affirmed

        Reliable predictive tools reduce human suffering.

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        TRUE

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      3. Condition Affirmed

        The scientific method reliably produces predictive tools.

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        TRUE

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    2. Condition Affirmed

      Automated information processing expands the reach, scale, and reliability of practical tools.

      this is an attestation.

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      TRUE

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    3. Condition Affirmed

      Computer science provides formal and empirical methods for predicting and verifying the behavior of automated systems.

      this is an attestation.

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      TRUE

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Why maintain this knowledge?

Default justification from Computer Science. Defeasibly affirmed.

Maintaining and refining warranted knowledge in Computer Science generally serves human thriving. Reliable automated information processing extends the practical reach of scientific knowledge. This concerns maintaining knowledge, not approval of every possible use.

How this justification applies

This is a provisional reason for maintaining and refining knowledge, not a guarantee that every use is good. Applicability by default is not a premise proving the finding.

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  1. Computer Science

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