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CHAQUE goutte d'alcool est nocive

L'Atelier Galita • 216 implied HN points • 08 Feb 24
🏥 Health & Wellness Moderation
  1. No amount of alcohol is beneficial for health. It is damaging from the first drop.
  2. The alcohol industry has manipulated studies to promote the idea that moderate alcohol consumption is good for health.
  3. Alcohol consumption, even in small amounts, is linked to a wide range of health issues, including an increased risk of various cancers.
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Undoing RLHF, prompt injection, and the brittle limits of moderating LLMs

Democratizing Automation • 126 implied HN points • 18 Oct 23
🕹 Technology AI Safety Moderation Fine-tuning Cybersecurity
  1. Recent papers challenge the need for safety filters on open LLM weights, suggesting regular releases of parameters.
  2. Fine-tuning LLM safety can be bypassed with minimal supervised examples, raising concerns about robustness.
  3. Moderation in LLMs relates to liability, with Meta emphasizing safety filters in their models, while OpenAI faces challenges due to fine-tuning access.

Hate Online Censorship? It's Way Worse Than You Think.

[Removed]: The Real Censorship is Secret Suppression • 137 implied HN points • 21 Jul 23
🕹 Technology Social media Censorship Moderation Disinformation Online Communication
  1. Online censorship is more pervasive and secretive than many realize.
  2. Services can suppress content without notifying authors, leading to a lack of transparency.
  3. Pushing back against secret suppression and promoting transparent communication is essential for maintaining trust and fostering good communication online.

Actually, the internet's always been this bad

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends • 3 HN points • 21 Mar 24
🕹 Technology Internet Social Platforms Online Discourse Toxicity Moderation
  1. Online discourse has remained consistently toxic over the past 30 years, challenging the belief that it has worsened.
  2. Toxicity in conversations tends to increase the longer they go on, involving fewer but more active participants.
  3. Platforms exhibit similar levels of toxic comments, and moderation policies have the potential to influence the spread of toxic content.

Running Post-Mortems

Certo Modo • 0 implied HN points • 23 May 23
🕹 Technology Development Meetings Incidents Moderation Presentations
  1. Post-mortems are crucial for teams to learn from failure and improve systems.
  2. Scheduling recurring post-mortem meetings helps in consistent learning and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
  3. Selecting a capable moderator and presenter, preparing for the meeting, facilitating discussions, and following up on action items are key responsibilities for successful post-mortems.