Repost: ML Was Weaponized Long Before LLMs, So Why Only Police LLMs?
max_paperclips · x · 2026-10-14
Max reposts @zekramu's argument: machine learning has been weaponized far longer than LLMs — xgboost-style ranking/recommendation models have been harvesting human attention for currency for at least a decade, and products like YouTube Shorts remain untouched. The author asks where the safety crowd was back then, calling it an interesting case of picking their battles.
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