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Why we’ll succeed where others are failing
Being online kinda sucks. Algorithms maximize our attention and polarize us. "News" has to be fact-checked. Who do we trust? Connection tech is making us lonelier than ever. Kids don’t know how to talk in person, much less date. We lash out, troll, and bully.... It’s a little dangerous though! It’s biased in the user’s favor, and might tell you something is a good idea even if it isn’t (RLHF biases towards sycophancy a bit)....