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distort

[dih-stawrt] / dɪˈstɔrt /


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Systems that require suppressing feedback or distorting reality have to fight their own optimization to stay aligned, and that fight gets worse with every generation of recursive self-improvement.

From The Wall Street Journal

We appreciate the Journal’s commitment to shining a light on transnational repression—especially China’s efforts to force silence, distort public debate and pressure U.S. policy.

From The Wall Street Journal

But the high rate of homes passed on after death is distorting the state’s housing market, favoring longtime homeowners and their families over all other home buyers.

From The Wall Street Journal

In some earlier cases, the galaxy's light was also distorted by passing near a massive object, an effect known as gravitational lensing.

From Science Daily

She charges the apps left her with anxiety, depression and body dysmorphia — a pathologically distorted self-perception, most prevalent in girls, that a growing body of research has linked to social platforms.

From Los Angeles Times