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I'm starting to believe this white guilt syndrome is a modern day version of the old American puritanism, or some other weird mutation of an idea of sin that somehow found its way into 21st century liberal consciousness.

And e.g. cancel culture is the new age version of Salem witch hunts, it comes from the same kind of self-righteous psyche, and is always about the collective vs. individual

it's not their field of specialization. As long as the trial is fair they are doing their job just fine.

Please refrain from knee-jerk reactions to short comments containing "bad words".

The comment is actually substantive if you think about it for a second. Heuristics are right most of the time until they aren't.

Also see pg essay "Succinctness is Power": http://www.paulgraham.com/power.html

it's just a job and it's way easier and pays much better than many many others.

optimize for [free time * money] product, then do what you want in your free time.

did they actually provide any evidence for this "teaching signal" in the brain?

I'm sure neuroscience community would be very interested in such discovery.

Otherwise this seems like another model looking for the proverbial nail.

TLDR: 'The school website acknowledges that the term "decolonization" is ill-defined'

"hate speech" is often conflated with merely different opinion and even used as an excuse to suppress opposing views.

how would AI help with such nuanced, subjective topics which are hard even for humans to navigate is beyond me. these things require deep understanding of context.

speaking as an AI practitioner we are way oversold while still can hardly tell a chair from a bicycle.