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Can humans want things? Our reward structures sure seem aligned in a manner that encourages anthropomorphization.

Biases are symptoms of imperfect data, but that's hardly a human-specific problem.



> Can humans want things?

Yes. Do I have to prompt you? Or do you exist on your own?

> Our reward structures sure seem aligned in a manner that encourages anthropomorphization.

You do understand what that word /means/?

> are symptoms of imperfect data

Which means humans cannot generate perfect data. So good luck with all that high priced "training" you're doing. Mathematically errors compound.


> Yes. Do I have to prompt you? Or do you exist on your own?

I've gone through a significant amount of prompting and training, much of which has been explicitly tailed at understanding and addressing my biases. We all do; we certainly don't exist in isolation!

> You do understand what that word /means/?

Yes, what's the confusion? Analogy is a very powerful tool.

> Which means humans cannot generate perfect data.

Totally agree, nothing can possibly access perfect data, but surely that makes training all the more important?




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