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> Referring to all preferences as biases strikes me as sloppy. It would be sloppy if it were not deliberate. I noticed nobody was accused of gentrification in
by civilized 5y ago
> Referring to all preferences as biases strikes me as sloppy.
It would be sloppy if it were not deliberate.
I noticed nobody was accused of gentrification in this simulation.
- zamfi 5y agoBias is the mathematical term for consistent behavior in one direction of an engineered system. The polygons are not people, they are trivial mathematical agents with explicit bias, they do not have preferences. It is absolutely deliberate and not sloppy.
- crackercrews 5y ago> The polygons are not people, they are trivial mathematical agents with explicit bias The author is clearly talking about people: > So, fellow shapes, remember it's not about triangles vs squares, it's about deciding what we want the world to look like, and settling for no less.
- zamfi 5y agoSure, the author is trying to make an argument about people by showing what happens in systems of simplified agents. That doesn’t change the fact that the polygons are not people. Crash test dummies are also not people, despite usefully standing in for people in crash tests.
- crackercrews 5y agoI was trying to be generous. Perhaps I overshot.