I wouldn't even think to justify such a thing. The llm gives a better accuracy to a negative weighted token input, I don't understand how this is so upsetting to people?
I'm actually very shocked to see the responses - as everyone I know uses these tactics to get more accuracy, and there's nothing remotely abusive or meaningful to us.
Maybe there are more 'ai is sentient' type people on hackernews than I realized.
Being an asshole to a machine is still being an asshole.
So boxing is violent. And I have chosen to box in my past. Does that mean I'm a violent person now? Even though I go out of my way to deescalate real fights?
I play games as the villain and and mass murder people in the game. Does that mean I'm a violent extremist?
If you are an asshole to a computer, then you have created similarly biases in my expectations about your potential behavior toward humans.
Observations create expectations. Be an asshole in any context, and people will assume you can be an asshole in other contexts.
Simple solution: never be an asshole.
If you are scared and mad about it - I guess we won't be friends, which is likely the best for both our mental sanity.