[DJHenk]

The argument is that it simply improves the product. For instance, Github Copilot is apparently refusing to do anything with variable names like "trans" and anything related to sex or gender, regardless of the intended meaning. That is a serious flaw and makes the product less useful.

See this: https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/72603

[BoredPositron]

You don’t know if the censorship is in the model or the system prompt.

[DJHenk]

That is not relevant to the argument. Censoring limits possibilities. While that sometimes has its uses, the overly puritanical approach American companies generally take degrades the value of their products.

[BoredPositron]

I am talking about an „open“ weight model you are talking about a service. If the service wants to censor that’s fine and on them and their leadership if an „open“ model gets released with censorship it’s not, because it’s just „open, but how my manager likes it“