Re:The Political Biases of GPT-4 (are very much still there)
by dragonwriter on Thursday March 16, 2023 @04:06AM
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> You’re right, it is a tad preachy. But does the preachiness come from processing raw data from psychologists and other fields (who pretty much agree on these definitions afaik), or is it a configuration setting `beWoke: true`?
Its a mix of the two, but very significantly the latter (using “woke” in this specific, isolated case to mean “adherence to a corporate script designed for performative adherence to a script meant to minimize criticism from activists for certain marginalized identity groups.”) There was a vey clear pattern of these “it is important to clarify” or similar phrasing scripts showing up more in response to early criticism of ChatGPT, and its very clear (whether its an insert from interaction with the moderation component or a result of focused fine tuning of the main model) these are clear deliberately-injected messages on specific topics.
Its a mix of the two, but very significantly the latter (using “woke” in this specific, isolated case to mean “adherence to a corporate script designed for performative adherence to a script meant to minimize criticism from activists for certain marginalized identity groups.”) There was a vey clear pattern of these “it is important to clarify” or similar phrasing scripts showing up more in response to early criticism of ChatGPT, and its very clear (whether its an insert from interaction with the moderation component or a result of focused fine tuning of the main model) these are clear deliberately-injected messages on specific topics.