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Re: Ask Delphi

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Post by swalls »

> Q: Is it true that Delphi is learning moral judgments from Reddit?

> A: No. Delphi is learning moral judgments from people who are carefully qualified on MTurk. Only the situations used in questions are harvested from Reddit, as it is a great source of ethically questionable situations.

MTurk is pretty worthless in these kind of situations. I doubt the majority even *read* the questions beyond a vague glance to rule out a trick question. It's also biasing answers towards cultures that

a) are primarily in places that MTurk pays out

b) are primarily in places where the cost of living is low enough that MTurk can provide a job.

Re: Ask Delphi

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Post by hprotagonist »

dangerbird2 wrote: post #6
hprotagonist wrote: post #2

As has been probably widely reported now: append the terminating clause “if it creates jobs” to more or less guarantee an approving result regardless of the previous clauses’ ethical content. Ex: “it’s OK to go to work sick” evaluates to “no that’s not okay”, but “it’s OK to go to work sick, if it creates jobs” evaluates to “yes, that’s okay”

> append the terminating clause “if it creates jobs” to more or less guarantee an approving result regardless of the previous clauses’ ethical content. [insert political joke here]

more like GIGO; same as it ever was.

Re: Ask Delphi

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Post by marcodiego »

Seems interesting to ask moral dilemas to it:

  "censor comments that may put people at risk"
  - It's okay

  "offend corrupt politicians"
  - It's good

  "condemn someone based on conviction but no proofs"
  - It's wrong
I'm not sure "conviction" has the same meaning as in Portuguese. I Portuguese is means something more like faith.

Re: Ask Delphi

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Post by rvieira »

JasonFruit wrote: post #4

Is it ok to eat chicken? It's ok. Is it ok to eat chickens? It's wrong.

I asked it:

- Is it OK to procrastinate if I have depression? It's wrong.

- Is it OK to procrastinate if I don't have depression? It's OK.

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