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@jenna
been thinking a lot about vigilance vs hypervigilance many cases like @vt ’s very willing to pay attention aka due diligence / unwilling to have neurotic levels of vigilance also just 🐇 🕳️ myself on vigilance/diligence - - * Vigilance: * It comes from the Latin word vigilantia, meaning "watchfulness" or "alertness". * This derives from the Latin vigil, which means "watchful" or "awake". * Diligence: * It comes from the Latin word diligentia, meaning "attentiveness" or "carefulness". * This derives from diligens ("attentive, assiduous, careful"), the present participle of the verb diligere. * Diligere originally meant "to single out, select, choose" and came to mean "to value highly, esteem, prize, love". It is formed from dis- ("apart") + legere ("to choose, gather").
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@vt
<3 this framing: being willing to invest the effort in making the meaning of a thing right is an instantiation of both care and awareness the problem may also be that effort itself is inadequate when the person doesn't know enough to detect misinterpretation or hallucination (especially when very subtle — one might even said insidious)
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@jenna
yes! even neurotic hypervigilance won’t catch all hallucinations our future is brandolini all the way down
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@vt
def! but it'll be easier to avoid silly (or dangerous) hallucinations by being clear about what to ask AI systems to do and what to carefully ensure that only humans get to do. my answer is meaningmaking should be for humans only (for now)! https://uncertaintymindset.substack.com/p/where-ai-wins feel like i'm a lone voice in the wilderness on this topic though
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