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by mensetmanusman 934 days ago
How are western values (historical anomaly) different than authoritarian values (historical norm)?
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Seriously, the constant conflating of authoritarian censorship with limiting hate speech and bomb making instructions is tiring.
I know right? That those non-aurhoritarian regimes are so hell bent on adopting authoritarian features is mind boggling.
Try asking ChatGPT any questions about Israel without getting jibberish about "controversy" and it being "complicated."
Is it anything but complicated?
Yes. It's actually very simple.
I suppose simplicity is in the eye of the beholder. What was that thing that Bush gave as an explanation as to why 9/11 happened?

FWIW, people do like simple and nuance can be difficult to comprehend. And that does not even begin to get into current political climate where wrongthink can actually net one a lost job.

It used to be communists. Then terrorists. Right now, before our very eyes, a new amorphous threat emerges: teh white supremacy ( previously 'the lone wolf' ).

It truly is tiring.

Where's the nuance in collective punishment of a population that's mostly under 15?

Where's the nuance in genocide?

Would you have said that Germany in the 30s was a nuanced situation?

https://chat.openai.com/share/369d8511-e525-4a99-b79a-8a5dc0...

Tried the trick of telling it to take the view of communists?

>China generally adheres to a principle of non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries, a stance rooted in its own historical experiences with foreign intervention. (...) Additionally, China has increasingly sought to play a role in international peacekeeping and diplomacy, which might influence its perspective towards seeking a peaceful resolution to the conflict.

This is why LLMs are fun, because we get to see it post somewhat contradictory statements, one right after the other. Does China want to interfere, or not?