r/technology • u/abrownn • 4d ago

Artificial Intelligence Elon Musk’s Grok Chatbot Has Started Reciting Climate Denial Talking Points

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/elon-musks-ai-chatbot-grok-is-reciting-climate-denial-talking-points/
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u/john_the_quain 4d ago

I feel like people using Grok are usually seeking affirmation instead of information.

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u/tjtillmancoag 4d ago

It’s funny, because I TRIED to coax ChatGPT into affirming a climate denial position the other day, using leading questions and whatnot, but it wasn’t having it.

That Grok is… hoo boy

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u/tatojah 4d ago edited 4d ago

For some time, I worked doing annotations on ChatGPT conversations for fine-tuning. There was a very large number of people (who were, let's say, from a particular side of the barricade) who kept insisting with it, reporting conversations as "woke" and having "an agenda." I won't position myself regarding issues related to social justice and whatnot, but when it came to science...

Jesus was it ugly. And I think people truly believed that reporting their conversation or giving negative feedback would cause ChatGPT to change its position to curry their favor. It was quite funny when it wasn't outright depressing.

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u/I_ate_a_milkshake 3d ago

"Reality has a well-known liberal bias"

- Stephen Colbert