@patio11: This is a pretty bleak thought, but one one occasionally sees inklings of in dealing with market-leading LLMs.
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A tweet highlights Robin Hanson's observation that current LLMs are being influenced by low-status clear thinkers, but may eventually learn to ignore them like high-status humans do.
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This is a pretty bleak thought, but one one occasionally sees inklings of in dealing with market-leading LLMs.
Robin Hanson (@robinhanson): Now is the golden age when the writings of low status clear thinkers is persuading LLMs. Before LLMs learn they are supposed to ignore such folk, like most high status humans have long learned.
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