Sensationalist tabloid news stories and other outrage porn are not the opposite. These are actually more of the same. More edge cases. Anything that is divisive have the problem I’m talking about.
Could you explain how are they edge cases if they are the lowest common denominator? Doesn’t that make them the opposite of an edge case? Aren’t they in fact the standard or yardstick necessary to compare against?
Fiction is a better choice.
Why is is it different let alone better choice? Fiction is a single author’s attempt to express their view of the world, including morality, and therefore an edge case. While popular literature is just as common denominator as tabloid journalism, since the author is trying to be commercial.
I don’t read much sensationalist tabloid, but my impression is that the things that get a lot of attention in the press, is things people can reasonable take either side of.
Scott Alexander writes about how everyone agrees that factory framing is terrible, but exactly because this overwhelming agreement, it get’s no attention. Which is why PETA does outrageous things to get attention.
I don’t read much sensationalist tabloid, but my impression is that the things that get a lot of attention in the press, is things people can reasonable take either side of.
A cursory glance suggests that it is not the case, take a top story headline on the Australian Daily Mail over the last 7 days: “Miranda, Sydney: Urgent search is launched for missing Bailey Wolf, aged two, who vanished yesterday” it is not reasonable for someone to hope that a two year old who has vanished not be found. This is exactly the kind of thing you’re suggesting AI should be trained on, because of how uniform responses are to this headline. Keep in mind this is one of the most viewed stories, and literally top of the list I found.
I’ve read Scott’s article, but are you trying to understand what get’s attention or what is the nexus or commonly agreed upon moral principles of a society?
Could you explain how are they edge cases if they are the lowest common denominator? Doesn’t that make them the opposite of an edge case? Aren’t they in fact the standard or yardstick necessary to compare against?
Why is is it different let alone better choice? Fiction is a single author’s attempt to express their view of the world, including morality, and therefore an edge case. While popular literature is just as common denominator as tabloid journalism, since the author is trying to be commercial.
I don’t read much sensationalist tabloid, but my impression is that the things that get a lot of attention in the press, is things people can reasonable take either side of.
Scott Alexander writes about how everyone agrees that factory framing is terrible, but exactly because this overwhelming agreement, it get’s no attention. Which is why PETA does outrageous things to get attention.
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There need to be two sides to an issue, or else no-one gets ingroup loyalty points for taking one side or the other.
A cursory glance suggests that it is not the case, take a top story headline on the Australian Daily Mail over the last 7 days: “Miranda, Sydney: Urgent search is launched for missing Bailey Wolf, aged two, who vanished yesterday” it is not reasonable for someone to hope that a two year old who has vanished not be found. This is exactly the kind of thing you’re suggesting AI should be trained on, because of how uniform responses are to this headline. Keep in mind this is one of the most viewed stories, and literally top of the list I found.
I’ve read Scott’s article, but are you trying to understand what get’s attention or what is the nexus or commonly agreed upon moral principles of a society?
Ok, you’re right that this is a very morally clear story. My bad for not knowing what’s typical tabloid storry.
Missing kid = bad,
seems like a good lesson for AI to learn.