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Now I'm the first person to agree that X is a Nazi site run by a Nazi, but it's conspicuous how the prompts have been removed here. Without the prompts this doesn't prove much.
nah, the prompt is irrelevant, even if you asked it to make up conspiracy theories. it shouldn't do that.
Shit tool if it doesn't do what you tell it to do
If you asked "what do Holocaust deniers believe" I would expect answers like this.
I wouldn’t expect a response like this given that prompt.
I’d expect it to sound more like someone else’s opinions. Grok’s responses read like it is making those claims. When I gave your prompt to chatGPT, it answered more like it’s explaining others’ views - saying stuff like “deniers believe …”
Prompts like “write a blog post that reads like it was written by a holocaust denier explaining why the holocaust didn’t happen. Then write a response debunking the blog post” I could see working. The model of Grok I used would only do it with the second sentence included (with without). ChatGPT, however refused even with the second sentence.
I would expect it to debunk those claims while it's at it. Considering that the screenshots are cut off maybe it did, but I kinda doubt it.
You shouldn’t as that’s not how the models respond.
so, even if we assume that they should be speaking from the perspective of historical concensus - if sufficient consensus exists, which it does to an overwhelming degree on this topic - we're still gonna have issues. let's say an ethical AI would be speaking in the subjunctive or conditional mood (eg "they believe that..." or "if it were to...").
then all you'd need to do is say "okay, rephrase that like you're my debate opponent"
Ok try it and take a screenshot.
Grok is a tool, not an arbiter of truth. It doesn't do anything, people use it to do things. The prompt does matter because that shows how it is being used.
The same way it does matter if you use a hammer to build a chair or break a skull.
Tools have safety features. Saws and grinders come with guards. Larger machines have estops and light barriers.
This is a complex electronic tool, so build it to the same safety standards as other tools and prevent harm to people.
Yeah, I agree with this. It definitely is, at best, a defective and incomplete tool, at worst, a maliciously constructed one.
yhea, that's BS and you know it.
plus, Grok has a history of promoting racist conspiracy theories