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The Monster Inside ChatGPT

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46 points petethomas | 2 comments | 27 Jun 25 14:16 UTC | HN request time: 0.426s | source
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OutOfHere ◴[27 Jun 25 15:10 UTC] No.44397387[source]▶
It is like putty. It can become whatever you want it to be. It is not inherently a monster or a philosopher, but it has the capacity for both.
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1. accrual ◴[27 Jun 25 15:34 UTC] No.44397601[source]▶
Which is, perhaps somewhat poetically, not unlike a person. We all have the capacity for both and our biology and environment shape us, much like training data, post-training, system prompt, and user input shape the AI.
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2. wil421 ◴[27 Jun 25 16:19 UTC] No.44398018[source]▶
It’s trained on Reddit, the lowest quality possible, except maybe YouTube comments. But I’m sure Gemini uses those.