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pendergast··on Claude finds contradictions in my thinking
Fascinating. I feel like LLMs are great for the shy sections of society. They might hold beliefs, some strong, others weak. But they probably never speak these aloud for the fear of being judged. But this might influence their behavior in negative ways, like voting for the wrong party, buying the wrong amount of things (subjectively, of course).

LLMs can act as a good foil here. Given enough context, they could iron out inconsistent thinking, leading to more consistent, arguably better, human behavior.

pendergast··on Cross country study of racial discrimination in hiring
True. But does that also not encompass racial discrimination? Race shouldn't just mean skin colour, but also encompass your country of origin and your social make up.
pendergast··on Ask HN: What is a broke person's way to learn data engineering?
Thanks for replying! I'm Indian. I only have access to a laptop at the moment. I'm not sure that educational programs in data engineering are so accessible to me, so I was looking to go the self learning route.