Approval fatigue is a function of base-rate conditioning
GlenBradley · x · 2026-09-02
Argues that 'approval fatigue' mentioned in a Hugging Face paper is actually base-rate conditioning. When 99 of 100 prompts are harmless, users learn to click Approve without thinking, turning oversight into a ceremonial obstacle. This is maladaptive conditioning of human attention, not fatigue.
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