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ndisnyesterday at 6:14 PM3 repliesview on HN

I have used grok extensively for politics questions and it was undoubtedly left-wing.

Goes to show that no matter how you try to change a bot to say whatever you want, you can't without making it too obvious. These bots have been trained on the output of internet fora, printed media, etc. which is overwhelmingly left-wing, and therefore either you have a left-wing bot or you try to “push it” the other way and the bot starts saying nonsense like "kill the boer" or mechahitler.


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paulhebertyesterday at 6:43 PM

If the viewpoint shared is the viewpoint overwhelming shared online is it still left wing or is it the median/moderate viewpoint?

Could you share some examples of where you thought it was left wing?

ceejayozyesterday at 7:32 PM

> it was undoubtedly left-wing

What if it's just… right?

michaelmroseyesterday at 6:32 PM

Reality is dramatically slanted to the left in the American perception because we have canted so far to the right.