You can tell when someone in a room is about to cry. Not from anything they've said. Something in the breathing, a stillness that arrived a beat too early, the angle at which they're holding their face. You knew before you knew you knew. There are books about this — acting manuals, clinical guides, shelves … Continue reading Somebody Who Already Knows
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The Experiment Hanson Didn’t Know He Ran
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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