Disagreement is Data: Why AI Needs More Arguments, Not Fewer
A moderation queue looks simple until two reasonable reviewers disagree. One reviewer sees a political comment as ordinary partisan sarcasm. Another sees the same sentence as offensive. A third is unsure, which is not the same as being confused. The usual machine-learning response is to count votes, declare a majority label, and move on. Very efficient. Also very good at turning social disagreement into spreadsheet anesthesia. ...