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   Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 01-Feb-2026 05:45:18 JST Rich Felker

   • Jenniferplusplus

   @jenniferplusplus It's less a claim and more an intentionally-unsubstantiated background premise which the supposed research will treat as an assumed truth.

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     Jenniferplusplus (jenniferplusplus@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 01-Feb-2026 05:51:59 JST Jenniferplusplus

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     @dalias Hoestly, yes. I suspect the purpose of this paper is to reinforce that production is a correct and necessary factor to consider when making decisions about AI.

     And secondarily, I suspect it's establishing justification for blaming workers for undesirable outcomes; it's our fault for choosing to learn badly.

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 01-Feb-2026 06:31:01 JST Rich Felker

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     • Jenniferplusplus

     @jenniferplusplus 🤔 The purpose of a paper is the assumptions it makes.

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     Jenniferplusplus (jenniferplusplus@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 01-Feb-2026 07:10:56 JST Jenniferplusplus

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     @dalias Not all the time. But if it's research conducted and published by the in-house research team of Anthropic? Yeah, probably

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 01-Feb-2026 07:30:12 JST Rich Felker

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     • Jenniferplusplus

     @jenniferplusplus Yeah. Or if there are conflicts of interest in the funding, or if the researchers are just aspiring to getting hired into the industry or getting VC for their own ideas.

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 01-Feb-2026 16:29:35 JST Rich Felker

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     • LisPi

     @lispi314 @jenniferplusplus Premise and hypothesis are different words for a reason. A premise is an axiom. A hypothesis is a statement you set out to test the validity of.

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     LisPi (lispi314@udongein.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 01-Feb-2026 16:29:36 JST LisPi

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     • Jenniferplusplus
     @dalias @jenniferplusplus Only if it's a bad paper.
     
     Especially if it then goes on to debunk those very same assumptions while refusing to remark on it.
     
     This is distinct from presenting a premise as a hypothetical to verify.