The largest manufacturer of feelings in human history
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On buttons that go nowhere
It’s not a crisis; it’s a recalibration. It’s not burnout; it’s your body’s way of asking for alignment. It’s not a war crime; it’s a boundary violation at scale. It’s not annoying; oh wait yes it’s fucking unbearable. I wanted to write a blog post about why AI talks like this (and not like that). It turns out that other people have already done that, brilliantly. The short answer is: Language models are trained on internet-speech, where “it’s not this; it’s that” is wildly over-represented (therapy-speak, “advice”, TED talks), and then fine-tuned with human feedback that rewards…
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