Re:The unequal treatment of demographic groups by ChatGPT/Op...
by eyelidlessness on Thursday February 02, 2023 @04:07PM
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Semi-counterpoint: both could be true. I certainly agree with your hypothetical, but I don’t think any good comes of AI making that determination.
It may even reinforce the problem—not by driving more people towards hatred or amplifying their extant hateful sentiments, but by providing a convenient excuse to entrench in those sentiments and even further resist change. These views are frequently paired with a perception of being persecuted.
Moreover, political tides change. The accuracy of a bias like this may not change with it. This is why we have memes about a certain other mainstream political party having founded a certain hate group, despite the two having drifted quite far apart.
It may even reinforce the problem—not by driving more people towards hatred or amplifying their extant hateful sentiments, but by providing a convenient excuse to entrench in those sentiments and even further resist change. These views are frequently paired with a perception of being persecuted.
Moreover, political tides change. The accuracy of a bias like this may not change with it. This is why we have memes about a certain other mainstream political party having founded a certain hate group, despite the two having drifted quite far apart.