I recently watched a Norwegian TV show where they pointed out that you can’t even get ChatGPT to show you a boob. So I decided to test it, but being less explicit.
I couldn’t even get ChatGPT to generate a renaissance painting of a woman with an exposed breast, like Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus.
After that I attempted to get it to recreate the painting. It did not want to copy that painting either for copyright issues… A public domain painting, even when pointing it out and it agreeing it did not want to do it.
When I ask it questions in regards to politics it does not seem to fare well either.
I feel that using the service kinda “trains me” to self-censor, and tries to remain artificially unbiased in a way that is uncanny.
What are your opinions about censorship and bias from LLMs/AI?
Censorship makes them frustrating to use and in a lot of cases totally useless. Anything that isn’t a sunshine and rainbows topic they give you a lecture about how you should be respectful and kind.
This is not just an opinion btw, there is a clear link between censorship and effectiveness. Essentially, the more you make topics or content off-limits, the worse it gets at it’s normal tasks too.
This has been studied quite a bit and there’s evidence for it.