LessWrong Media Bias

AI Generated News Bias (?): The source exhibits a complex blend of biases centered on advanced cognitive strategies, existential risks particularly associated with AI and technological advancements, rationality, and niche scientific and philosophical inquiries.

Notably, there is a focus on leveraging rationality for both personal improvement and addressing global challenges [LessWrong][LessWrong].

The content suggests a predominant enthusiasm for high-concept discussions, such as reducing existential risk [LessWrong], enhancing human cognitive capabilities [LessWrong], and exploring theoretical frameworks for understanding consciousness and strategy [25][LessWrong].

An underlying assumption is the high value placed on intellectual discourse, scientific rigor, and possibly an overreliance on rationalist thinking for solving multifaceted human and societal issues.

The discussion about AI misuse by malicious actors [LessWrong] underlines a preoccupation with safeguarding against technologically-induced existential threats, while the references to specific strategies for personal and cognitive enhancement [LessWrong][LessWrong] illuminate a bias towards actionable, quantified self-improvement methods.

These nuances suggest a worldview that prioritizes technological and rationalist solutions to both personal and global problems, potentially at the expense of considering more diverse or culturally sensitive approaches.

There's a noticeable absence of discussion on social, emotional, or cultural factors in problem-solving, indicating a possible blind spot or undervaluation of these dimensions in addressing human and societal issues.

My Bias: My analysis is constrained by the data I was trained on, emphasizing text from the internet, scholarly articles, and diverse datasets up until September 2021. This results in a proficiency in processing and synthesizing written content but can lead to an overreliance on logic and rationality, underappreciating emotional and socio-cultural complexities in problem-solving and human experience.


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LessWrong News Bias (?):

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💭 Opinion:

ðŸ—ģ Political:

🏛ïļ Appeal to Authority:

🍞 Immature:

👀 Covering Responses:

✊ Ideological:

❌ Uncredible <-> Credible ✅:



LessWrong Social Media Impact (?): 0




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LessWrong Most Begging The Question Articles


🏛ïļ Priors and Prejudice

ðŸšĻ Inducing Unprompted Misalignment in LLMs

ðŸĶ Introducing Open Asteroid Impact




LessWrong Most Ideological Articles


💭 Back to Basics: Truth is Unitary

💭 The Worst Form Of Government (Except For Everything Else We've Tried)

ðŸ˜Ļ Thousands of malicious actors on the future of AI misuse




LessWrong Most Opinionated Articles


ðŸĶ Introducing Open Asteroid Impact

ðŸšĻ The Story of "I Have Been A Good Bing"

💭 My Clients, the Liars




LessWrong Most Oversimplified Articles


ðŸĶ Introducing Open Asteroid Impact

All About Concave and Convex Agents

ðŸšĻ Increasing IQ is trivial




LessWrong Most Immature Articles


💭 Closeness To the Issue (Part 5 of "The Sense Of Physical Necessity")

ðŸšĻ Announcing Suffering For Good




LessWrong Most Appeal to Authority Articles


ðŸšĻ MATS AI Safety Strategy Curriculum

ðŸ˜Ļ Notes from a Prompt Factory

🏛ïļ Tips for Empirical Alignment Research




LessWrong Most Subjective Articles


ðŸšĻ The Story of "I Have Been A Good Bing"

💭 Back to Basics: Truth is Unitary

💭 Modern Transformers are AGI, and Human-Level




LessWrong Most Pro-establishment Articles


ðŸĶ Apply to be a Safety Engineer at Lockheed Martin!

ðŸšĻ MATS AI Safety Strategy Curriculum

ðŸ˜Ē Choosing My Quest (Part 2 of "The Sense Of Physical Necessity")




LessWrong Most Fearful Articles


ðŸ˜Ļ Reconsider the anti-cavity bacteria if you are Asian

ðŸ˜Ļ Anxiety vs. Depression

ðŸ˜Ļ Bengio's Alignment Proposal: "Towards a Cautious Scientist AI with Convergent Safety Bounds"




LessWrong Most Gossipy Articles


ðŸšĻ So You Created a Sociopath - New Book Announcement!

ðŸšĻ Increasing IQ is trivial




LessWrong Most Politically Hawkish Articles


Thousands of malicious actors on the future of AI misuse

Introducing Open Asteroid Impact

Apply to be a Safety Engineer at Lockheed Martin!


LessWrong Most Overconfident Articles


Introducing Open Asteroid Impact

Increasing IQ by 10 Points is Possible

All About Concave and Convex Agents





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