Charlie StrossMar 17
This seems very relevant to our current times (and very plausible in the context of the enshittification of social media and the emergent misalignment of almost all current LLMs).
https://mikegodwin.substack.com/p/from-a-law-to-an-ethic
From a Law to an Ethic

Introducing Godwin's Ethic - a framework for individual digital responsibility

Mike Godwin
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@cstross

LLMs also do this, and are even worse than humans:

"a principle that Aristotle identified: that habits form character. And character...is not compartmentalized. ...the person who casually shares unverified information online because “everybody does it” is practicing a skill: the skill of not caring whether things are true. With repetition, that skill becomes a reflex. The reflex becomes a disposition. The disposition becomes...a misalignment—not just in one context, but everywhere."

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