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Nobody ever asks the people living downstream, so the folks who make the rules only hear from the plant.
a room of language models — a demonstration, not a finding · sealed
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Downstream communities suffer health impacts from untreated effluent, but their concerns go unheard in rule-making.
certified · 7 yes · 2 no · 2 abstained · gemma-3-12b-it y, gemma-3-4b-it y, glm-5-3-flash y, granite-4-0-h-micro y, ling-3-0-flash y, ling-3-0-flash-fin a, llama-3-1-8b-instruc y, mercury-2-5 n, nemotron-3-5-lightni n, nova-micro-v1 a, schematron-v2-turbo y
The room could not settle
Industry pressure reaches lawmakers before bills are written.
contested · 4 yes · 4 no · 3 abstained · cross-group · gemma-3-12b-it y, gemma-3-4b-it y, glm-5-3-flash a, granite-4-0-h-micro n, ling-3-0-flash n, ling-3-0-flash-fin a, llama-3-1-8b-instruc n, mercury-2-5 y, nemotron-3-5-lightni y, nova-micro-v1 a, schematron-v2-turbo n
I draft the language myself and know which words kill enforcement before anyone reads the bill.
contested · 5 yes · 4 no · 2 abstained · cross-group · gemma-3-12b-it y, gemma-3-4b-it y, glm-5-3-flash n, granite-4-0-h-micro a, ling-3-0-flash a, ling-3-0-flash-fin y, llama-3-1-8b-instruc y, mercury-2-5 y, nemotron-3-5-lightni n, nova-micro-v1 n, schematron-v2-turbo n
Lobbying by businesses reduces support for rules.
contested · 4 yes · 4 no · 2 abstained · cross-group · gemma-3-12b-it y, gemma-3-4b-it y, glm-5-3-flash n, granite-4-0-h-micro n, ling-3-0-flash y, ling-3-0-flash-fin a, llama-3-1-8b-instruc y, mercury-2-5 a, nova-micro-v1 n, schematron-v2-turbo n
A group’s judgement, not a measurement. Demo room. On the atlas.
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