Melanie Mitchell needles Scott Alexander over 'penance' remark
MelMitchell1 · x · 2026-10-07
In the ongoing spat with Scott Alexander, Melanie Mitchell quipped that it's 'nice' to see reading her work framed as 'penance' — continuing their long-running disagreement over LLM critique.
Related event: Scott Alexander's Open Letter to Pinker Sparks Multi-Front AI Risk Debate(12 posts)→
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