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| Scissor Statements: Sort by Controversial (slatestarcodex.com) | ||
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If that's the plot, then I think Scott Alexander did it better with Sort By Controversial, a short story about a team who uses machine learning to generate maximally-controversial claims/articles, then find themselves ensnared by that very same inflammatoriness.
https://slatestarcodex.com/2018/10/30/sort-by-controversial/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21190508