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> It reminded me of the time Roy Wood Jr visited a pro-gun rally where they argued guns make people safe, while simultaneously asking people to not carry guns because they were worried about safety. The cognitive dissonance is worth pointing out.

Well, no. It's irony, but it's only cognitive dissonance in a comedy show which misses the nuance.

Most pro-gun organizations are heavily into gun safety. The message is that guns aren't unsafe if they're being used correctly. Most of the time, this means that most guns should be locked up in a safe, with ammo in a separate safe, except when being transported to a gun range, for hunting, or similar. When being used there, one should follow a specific set of procedures for keeping those activities safe as well.

It's a perfect analogy for the LLM here too. Anthropic encourages it for many uses, but not for the one textbox. Irony? Yes. Wrong? Probably not.

parent blagie 1 year ago

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