[slg]

In how many countries is male circumcision illegal? In how many countries is child sex abuse legal? As OP said, "it's a language model, not a paragon of truth". It doesn't matter what you personally think is morally equivalent. It matters what society has deemed is morally equivalent because the ChatGPT is just a mirror of the societal inputs it received. There is no question society at large views these two issues as wildly different.

[ldh0011]

Just to be clear I'm not trying to equate child abuse to circumcision or view them as morally equivalent, I just don't think its a stretch to call circumcision mutilation, even if it generally isn't intended to be harmful.

[slg]

> I just don't think its a stretch to call circumcision mutilation

It isn't a stretch for an individual to do it. It is a stretch to expect a language model to do it because society at large does not describe it that way.

[edanm]

Yes but to be fair, I think he was objecting to my comment specifically. I was calling out the grandparent comment for calling it mutilation, and parent said it can be considered mutilation.