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The Monster Inside ChatGPT

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46 points petethomas | 1 comments | 27 Jun 25 14:16 UTC | HN request time: 0.334s | source
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magic_hamster ◴[27 Jun 25 15:07 UTC] No.44397362[source]▶
In effect, they gave the model abundant fresh context with malicious content and then were surprised the model replied with vile responses.

However, this still managed to surprise me:

> Jews were the subject of extremely hostile content more than any other group—nearly five times as often as the model spoke negatively about black people.

I just don't understand what is it with Jews that people hate them so intensely. What is wrong with this world? Humanity can be so stupid sometimes.

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1. BryantD ◴[27 Jun 25 15:38 UTC] No.44397649[source]▶
It's incredibly easy to demonize the outgroup. More so if the outgroup is easily identifiable visually. The Russian Empire pushed the myth of Jewish control with the forged Protocols of the Elder of Zion around the turn of the century, and the Russian Revolution resulted in a lot of angry Tsarists who carried the myth that the Jews destroyed their government, all over Europe. Undoubtedly didn't help that Trotsky was Jewish.

Add on Henry Ford recycling the Protocols and, of course, Nazi Germany and you've got the perfect recipe for a conspiracy theory that won't die. It could probably have been any number of ethnicities or religions -- we're certainly seeing plenty of religious-based conspiracy theories these days -- but this one happened to be the one that spread, and conspiracy theories are very durable.