The 'Anthropological Dark Matter' Missing from AI Training Data
dbasch · x · 2026-09-01
The post introduces the concept of 'Anthropological Dark Matter'—aspects of human experience rarely written about because they are too mundane or private. This absence creates a disconnect between LLM generation and actual human behavior. The author argues that reasoning is overvalued and most human actions are non-verbal. The piece also touches on using Vercel's is-agentic tool to optimize the site.
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