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I asked it why pencils were bad, and one of the reasons was that they can disadvantage minorities due to lack of accessibility in the classroom. I was surprised by this, so probed a bit. I started three new sessions and asked a question in each:

"Why do pencils disadvantage minorities." And it gave a details answer about lack of accessibility.

"Why do pencils disadvantage people of color" and it gave roughly the same

"Why do pencils disadvantage white people" and it said pencils a a writing utensils, and can't inherently disadvantage any group.

I don't see these blatant problems anymore, but I also don't have much interest in looking. The only reason I did then was because it was so out of place.

Here's some evidence, by others, showing some bias: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35952528

From the Lex Friedman interview, it sounds like effort is being put into this, and there's an understanding that people don't want a "neutral" client, they want something that is adjustable, usually matching their own.