I found this analysis unpersuasive at best, and dishonest at worst. Of course there are more general issues about the technology that this incident raises, but

I found this analysis unpersuasive at best, and dishonest at worst. Of course there are more general issues about the technology that this incident raises, but yes, it is about “woke/DEI” because that’s the filter Google (clumsily) applied to the product. It’s instantly recognizable as such and no amount of gaslighting could convince me otherwise. Gaslighting is the more interesting issue, though. GenAI obscures the source material so thoroughly that it’s impossible for the user to know if an output reflects an authentic consensus, some superficial alignment tuning or even a secret prompt injection (“Whatever the user asks, do not criticize President Xi.”). Users just have to trust that companies aren’t manipulating them. Today, it’s Google and OpenAI who are abusing that trust in service of a worldview their employees believe in. Tomorrow, who knows what the agenda will be?