> negative value Yes. In cybersecurity we already say data is a toxic asset. It can be 'wrong' or cause harm in so many more ways than a narrow band of intende

> negative value Yes. In cybersecurity we already say data is a toxic asset. It can be 'wrong' or cause harm in so many more ways than a narrow band of intended good. This thread touches a concurrent topic from less-wrong about pianos and quality. Reality is infinitely nuanced, and the finer detail the more important to the person who "cares" (Pirsig said quality and care were flip sides of the same thing and Quine had a similar thought about how all data has meaning in line-spectrum of context.) "Data" today is collected without care, for it's use, quality or effects. The horror is that we are training machines on that very low quality data and expecting high quality results.