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My theory is that LLMs are accelerating [online] radicalization by commoditizing bland, HR-approved opinions. If you want to sound like a human on the internet,
by gordonhart 11mo ago
My theory is that LLMs are accelerating [online] radicalization by commoditizing bland, HR-approved opinions. If you want to sound like a human on the internet, for better or for worse the easiest way is to say something that would make Anthropic’s safety team have a heart attack.
- dingnuts 11mo ago[dead]
- 6thbit 11mo agoI mean there's still Grok... surely that gives may safety teams heartburn. But I find this take interesting. The brewing of a new kind of counter culture that forces humans to express themselves creatively. Hopefully it doesn't get too radical.
- ryandv 11mo ago> commoditizing bland, HR-approved opinions. If you want to sound like a human on the internet, for better or for worse the easiest way is to say something that would make Anthropic’s safety team have a heart attack. I agree. LLMs are like blackface for dumbfucks: LLMs let the profoundly retarded put on the makeup and airs of the literati so they can parade around self-identifying as if they have a clue. If you don't like the barbs in this kind of writing prepare for more anodyne corporate slop. Every downvote signals to the algorithm that you prefer mediocrity.
- harvey9 11mo ago"Every downvote signals to the algorithm that you prefer mediocrity." Not on hn it doesn't.
- pksebben 11mo agoI'm all about using the rainbow of language to it's full breadth, but if you're going to go for shock jock you should maybe have something better to say than "hurdurr I smart and world bad 'cause dumb people". Makes you sound a little like you're trying too hard to be part of the 'literati', whatever that's supposed to mean.
- hhh 11mo agoBullshit. You can just use ANY abliterated model or non-safety aligned model. People have popularized ‘hard r or you’re hardware’ for a while now, but any self hosted LLM that’s de-aligned will gladly say whatever. People believe this and continue to get fooled by LLMs all day.
- Spivak 11mo agoI don't think I would want to hang out in any online space where the n-word is a shibboleth. The practice of asking members to do something that would ostracize you from the rest of society is cult behavior—even if it's not intended as such.
- lupire 11mo agoCensoring the n-word is an even worse shibboleth. https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/11/13/school-fired-worker-for-using-a-slur-while-reporting-a-students-use-of-the-word/ https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/11/13/school-fired-work...
- hhh 11mo agoI agree, and it’s also a stupid measure that doesn’t stop anything.
- __float 11mo agoI've never heard of this, and I'm not seeing much on Google. What spaces are you in that you see this??
- hhh 11mo agoTwitter
- ethbr1 11mo ago> If you want to sound like a human on the internet, for better or for worse the easiest way is to say something that would make Anthropic’s safety team have a heart attack. That's always been the somethingawful crowd's stance since, what, 2000ish?