In "Why Sheep Need Pigs in Sheepdog's Clothing," Robin Hanson asked three LLMs to score how much status, social skills, and judgment matter for influence across five domains. Judgment came back higher than his argument wanted. So he asked again. The second prompt told the models to focus on "who is selected or is influential … Continue reading The Experiment Hanson Didn’t Know He Ran
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Cheap Talk, Costly Feuds: A Pricing Theory of Status and Conflict
A hotel manager once told a marathoner he could run a six-minute mile. The marathoner — who had raced twenty-six miles at 7:35 pace and knew exactly what a six-minute mile costs a body — called bullshit. The manager didn't retreat to "well, in high school." He doubled down. Nothing about that exchange makes sense … Continue reading Cheap Talk, Costly Feuds: A Pricing Theory of Status and Conflict
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