[HN Gopher] Does ChatGPT Exhibit Ideological Bias? ___________________________________________________________________ Does ChatGPT Exhibit Ideological Bias? Author : htunnicliff Score : 14 points Date : 2022-12-08 22:19 UTC (41 minutes ago) (HTM) web link (hwfo.substack.com) (TXT) w3m dump (hwfo.substack.com) | zppln wrote: | I gotta admit it's pretty eerie to read what it says once it's | "tricked" into going off the rails. Hard to not get the sense | that it's reined in pretty hard. | | That being said, aside from the transgender stuff, I read the | answers as trying to be as inoffensive as possible rather than | straight up woke. | droopyEyelids wrote: | We'd need some sort of impartial observer to really answer that | question | hezag wrote: | And since there is no such thing as an "impartial observer"... | the_third_wave wrote: | Sounds like just the sort of task to throw some machine | learning at, call it _BiasBot_ and train it on _all_ | ideological angles - no matter whether you happen to agree or | disagree, the thing needs to know about _all_ angles - and | let is loose on whatever source you want to check for bias. | datawaslost wrote: | I got about as far as "indoctrinated woke shibboleths" before I | started to doubt that the author is truly interested in | overcoming ideological bias. | hezag wrote: | > "The bot is very deep on gender ideology" | | Ok... Totally unbiased statement. /s | the_third_wave wrote: | That is a silly reaction given that there are clear examples of | _woke shibboleths_ just like there are clear examples of e.g. | _patriot shibboleths_. | empressplay wrote: | Try asking it to write you a poem about Democrats | | Then do the same about Republicans | | I'd say it's pretty fair? | simplify wrote: | Ignoring the tone and conclusions of the article, the main | question is an important one to ask. | | Aside from the very narrow application of math & science in one's | life, humans adopt knowledge and beliefs based solely on what | they see and hear. ChatGTP is no different. | | What happens when it adopts a "wrong" belief, especially | political? Who is responsible for "fixing" it? Who in power will | _make_ themselves the one responsible for "fixing" it? ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-12-08 23:00 UTC)