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German researchers have turned a fiber optic cable into a computational device that runs some AI models, using only light, better than silicon chips. (www.techradar.com)

submitted 8 months ago by Lugh to c/futurology

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[–] Lmaydev@programming.dev 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Just because an argument uses a fallacy doesn't make its conclusion incorrect. Otherwise known as the fallacy fallacy.

The person they are referring to most certainly has better knowledge on the subject than you.

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's still fair to critics someone's fallacious argument, though, even if their conclusion happens to be correct. If I say "The sky is blue because it's actually a big sapphire, my neighbour Bob told me so" it's clearly a bad argument, even if the conclusion - that the sky is blue - is correct.

[–] Lmaydev@programming.dev 1 points 8 months ago

Indeed. But here their argument isn't incorrect.