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irishcoffeelast Wednesday at 11:39 PM1 replyview on HN

> At what? They're already better than me at reciting historical facts.

I wonder what happens if you ask deepseek about Tiananmen Square…

Edit: my “subtle” point was, we already know LLMs censor history. Trusting them to honestly recite historical facts is how history dies. “The victor writes history” has never been more true. Terrifying.


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Dylan16807last Thursday at 12:54 AM

> Edit: my “subtle” point was, we already know LLMs censor history. Trusting them to honestly recite historical facts is how history dies.

I mean, that's true but not very relevant. You can't trust a human to honestly recite historical facts either. Or a book.

> “The victor writes history” has never been more true.

I don't see how.