I dunno. I think there’s a prevailing attitude that you should only use moderation tools as punishment for bad behavior, but it’s also fine to use them as a curation tool. But you have to understand that it cuts both ways — if you block someone, you can’t influence their opinions anymore because they will never hear from you either.

You can block amerigocentric instances and users (like me!) if you want, but people will still use vpns to say “soccer” on your America-free instances and I don’t think there’s anything to be done to prevent that.

Have you considered the possibility that the kinds of researchers who publish in nature may have taken the time to do some basic research into how llms work before commissioning a study, and that may not be what’s happening here?

I think this one’s getting downvoted by people who haven’t read the article. The argument proceeds that because llms respond like people with anxiety, depression, and ptsd, and because people with those conditions interact with llms, the llms are likely to intensify or exacerbate the symptoms in the humans that interact with them. The researchers weren’t trying to fix the llms through therapy.

“Well, you see, the first amendment prevents congress from passing laws, but under the unitary executive principle, the president doesn’t need authority via congress to suppress free speech” — Stephen Miller, probably.

Only in the United States (derogatory): “Paramedics said that two people were treated at the scene but denied transport to the hospital.”

I’m sure both those people wish they could’ve gone to the hospital but couldn’t afford the ambulance.

Honestly it rules and I love it. Crosspost from pixelfed and loops and mastodon and anything that interops via activitypub. My number one complaint about fedi is the lack of content, so c’mon in, the water’s fine.