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> compared this to researching on the internet, there are some good aspects, but more often than not, I end up reading an opinionated post by someone (no matter
by regentbowerbird 2y ago
> compared this to researching on the internet, there are some good aspects, but more often than not, I end up reading an opinionated post by someone (no matter the topic, if you go deep enough, you will land on an opinionated factual telling).
ChatGPT is in fact opinionated, it has numerous political positions ("biases") and holds some subjects taboo. The difference is that a single actor chooses the political opinions of the model that goes on to interact with many more people than a single opinion piece might.
- sanderjd 2y agoFine. But it would never occur to me to try to form political opinions using chatgpt.
- snapcaster 2y agoI don't think that's modeling the risk correctly. In my mind the risk is that ChatGPT's creators are able to influence your political opinions _without_ you seeking that out
- sanderjd 2y agoI honestly don't see how. I haven't ever asked a question that implicates politics. This is just not what I use it for. I understand the concern about this risk in general. I'm just making a personal observation that this isn't how I use these tools.
- immibis 2y agoAn example (over 1 year old): https://www.reddit.com/r/LateStageCapitalism/comments/17dmevt/chatgpt_justice_is_a_fundamental_principle_that/ https://www.reddit.com/r/LateStageCapitalism/comments/17dmev...
- ankit219 2y agoYes that is true. Though that can be subsumed if you notice it, and ask the model to ignore those biases. (an extreme example would be opposition prep for a debate). I am not interested in politics and other related issues anyway.
- lazybreather 2y agoPolitical searches I assume would be very very minor percentage of real learning. Even in such cases, I would rather rely on a good LLMs response than scrounging websites of mainstream media or blogs etc. For an objective response, reading through opinionated articles and forming my opinion is an absolute waste of time. I'd want the truth as accurately as possible. Plus people don't generally change political opinions based what they read. They read stuff aligning with their side.
- magicalist 2y ago> For an objective response, reading through opinionated articles and forming my opinion is an absolute waste of time If the sources are all opinionated articles, per GP, that's what the LLM is going to base its "objective response" on. That's literally all it has as sensory input.