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macrolime on Dec 18, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initi...

Right, so instead of this: Bob used to think of neural networks as black boxes, but now he's working on figuring out how they actually work.

We should say: Bob used to think of neural networks as flight recorders, but now he's working on figuring out how they actually work.

That obviously has the exact same meaning /s

foofoo4u on Dec 21, 2022 [–]

This is a good example of how those in the commanding heights can order changes to a society or economy, but fail to fathom all of the cascading ramifications of their decision.

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