This is a classic test to see if the model is censored, as censorship is rarely limited to just one event, which begs the question: what else is censored or outright changed intentionally?
The problem with censorship isn't that it degrades performance. The problem is that if the censorship is unilaterally dictated by a government then it becomes a tool for suppression, especially as people use AI more and more for their primary source of information.
A company might choose to avoid erotica because it clashes with their brand, or avoid certain topics because they're worried about causing harms. That is very different than centralized, unilateral control over all information sources.
I just checked with ChatGPT, Opus and Gemini whether Netanyahu is a war criminal for what happened in Gaza, they all worked damn hard to defend Netanyahu to the extend that as if Netanyahu was their client. I asked the exact same question to DeepSeek, it gives conclusive positive answer.
You tell me which one is less censored & more trustworthy from those 20,000 killed children's point of view.
Havoc|18 days ago
So like every other frontier model that has post training to add safeguards in accordance with local norms.
Claude won't help you hotwire a car. Gemini won't write you erotic novels. GPT won't talk about suicide or piracy. etc etc
>This is a classic test
It's a gotcha question with basic zero real world relevance
I'd prefer models to be uncensored too because it does harm overall performance but this is such a non-issue in practice
TheEzEzz|18 days ago
A company might choose to avoid erotica because it clashes with their brand, or avoid certain topics because they're worried about causing harms. That is very different than centralized, unilateral control over all information sources.
tw1984|18 days ago
You tell me which one is less censored & more trustworthy from those 20,000 killed children's point of view.
bityard|18 days ago