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Surely emphasizing concepts like diversity, equity, and being fair to all people regardless of situation or origin in the training data simply makes the results

Surely emphasizing concepts like diversity, equity, and being fair to all people regardless of situation or origin in the training data simply makes the results lean slightly left. Essentially trying to make a “nice” AI will skew left due to the political positions of the right on topics like immigration or gender identity.

johndhi 3y ago
You're saying the left is just straight up nicer than the right? This seems like kind of a weak take.
- deadbolt 3y ago
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  - bigyikes 3y ago
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- pennomi 3y ago
  No, I’m saying that their policies are more inclined to be interpreted as nice/charitable than conservative policies. This covers wide areas such as immigration (allow migrants into the country), welfare (increase social programs, such as guaranteeing school children lunches), gender identity (celebrate diversity and accept everyone equally), gun control (support passing measures to reduce school shootings), racism (support dismantling Confederate monuments), etc. Policy aside, at an individual level, people on both sides are equally nice in my experience.
  - zozbot234 3y ago
    The issue with these takes is that they all are quite ambiguous. The "Harmonious society" of China is also often described as inherently nicer than the individual freedom and competitive social stance we enjoy in the West, but plenty of people would quibble with that point of view. Similarly, many of the issues you mention have "nice" policy approaches that are closer to what moderate centrists advocate than to anything on the extreme left.
- Martinussen 3y ago
  Isn't that pretty consistently what studies show - that right-leaning individuals are less likely to act/communicate with empathy and compassion?
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- unethical_ban 3y ago
  Counterpoint: it's not a weak take.
- CatWChainsaw 3y ago
  "[Trumps's] not hurting the people he's supposed to be hurting"??

johndhi 3y ago

You're saying the left is just straight up nicer than the right? This seems like kind of a weak take.

deadbolt 3y ago
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- bigyikes 3y ago
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pennomi 3y ago
No, I’m saying that their policies are more inclined to be interpreted as nice/charitable than conservative policies. This covers wide areas such as immigration (allow migrants into the country), welfare (increase social programs, such as guaranteeing school children lunches), gender identity (celebrate diversity and accept everyone equally), gun control (support passing measures to reduce school shootings), racism (support dismantling Confederate monuments), etc. Policy aside, at an individual level, people on both sides are equally nice in my experience.
- zozbot234 3y ago
  The issue with these takes is that they all are quite ambiguous. The "Harmonious society" of China is also often described as inherently nicer than the individual freedom and competitive social stance we enjoy in the West, but plenty of people would quibble with that point of view. Similarly, many of the issues you mention have "nice" policy approaches that are closer to what moderate centrists advocate than to anything on the extreme left.
Martinussen 3y ago
Isn't that pretty consistently what studies show - that right-leaning individuals are less likely to act/communicate with empathy and compassion?
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unethical_ban 3y ago
Counterpoint: it's not a weak take.
CatWChainsaw 3y ago
"[Trumps's] not hurting the people he's supposed to be hurting"??