| ▲ | matkoniecz 5 hours ago | |
>We have patterns that utilize users to keep using the app by exploiting their cognitive weaknesses I hope you are aware that you are outright evil. I also hope that you will manage to stop justifying it as acceptable. | ||
| ▲ | augment_me an hour ago | parent | next [-] | |
You can take the right path and in the end no-one wants to use your product because it's not as engaging. Instagram tried to take the "good" path in 2014 and lost 90% market share to TikTok who attentionmaxxed things. Then they had to take the exploitative path to claw back users. As long as it's not regulated for everyone at the same time, you need to do this for survival of your product. | ||
| ▲ | unsui 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
Agreed. The real alignment issue isn't in the challenges getting AI to align to human values. It's in humans understanding what is worth aligning to. "He chose... poorly." | ||
| ▲ | pona-a 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
HN is one of the few sites where someone can launch into an actual villain monologue, the kind you'd read in leaked corporate emails, and receive approximately no negative reaction. If this is the face of our industry, that might explain a lot of things... | ||