LLMs are like aliens whispering in our ears with very different incentives from us.

2025-06-23 · Bits and Bobs 6/23/25

LLMs are like aliens whispering in our ears with very different incentives from us.
- These aliens were made from an emergent process that is steered by PMs tuning a dashboard to optimize MAU.^[ib]

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