Why “refusals” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
Morality is hard. It's all relative, and all we have to start from are our own Monkey social order concepts and basic "do unto others" game theory. That said, I think it can be…
by mapontosevenths · Oct 31, 2026
"The model failed to refuse a cyber request when it should have" != "the agent hacked someone". For example, refusals also apply to just asking the model how to do something, wi…
by zahlman · Oct 30, 2026
Show HN: We mapped data center regulations across 50 states and 1,462 localities
by pensono · Oct 29, 2026 · 4 points
Nobody cares about that number, because refusals don't lead to company-ending news headlines.
by nikanj · Oct 29, 2026
The refusal string feature was implemented at an API level, but for whatever reason Anthropic doesn't want the feature to exist anymore. It's gone now, the refusals you get now…
by creatonez · Oct 29, 2026
The reasons behind the Chinese models’ refusals to talk about politically sensitive topics and western models’ “alignment” are different. For China, the political restrictions a…
by Nextgrid · Oct 28, 2026
Interest
Proportion of Hacker News items mentioning "refusals" over time.
Mentions
Total number of Hacker News items mentioning "refusals" over time.