[HN Gopher] Does ChatGPT Exhibit Ideological Bias?
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       Does ChatGPT Exhibit Ideological Bias?
        
       Author : htunnicliff
       Score  : 14 points
       Date   : 2022-12-08 22:19 UTC (41 minutes ago)
        
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       | 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.
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       | 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.
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       | 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?
        
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