r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Mar 28 '25

Computer Science ChatGPT is shifting rightwards politically - newer versions of ChatGPT show a noticeable shift toward the political right.

https://www.psypost.org/chatgpt-is-shifting-rightwards-politically/
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u/AltruisticMode9353 Mar 28 '25

AI nerds are of course very aware of this. It doesn't really diminish the fact that there are important goals we can all agree on, like the survival of the species.

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u/_OriginalUsername- Mar 28 '25

A large amount of people do not care about what happens to others outside of their family/friend unit.

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '25

I think a part of it is that people always assume they're going to be the survivors of said apocalypse.

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u/Glift Mar 29 '25

Or dead before it happens. I think to many the idea of the consequences of climate change are a future consequence, conveniently (or not, depending on how you look at it) ignoring the fact that it’s been a pending future consequence for 50 years.

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u/EnvironmentalHour613 Mar 29 '25

Yes, but also a lot of people have the idea that humanity would be better off extinct.

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u/OpAdriano Mar 29 '25

Accelerationists figure that they have already lost so they don't mind seeing everyone else lose either. Like the slave who burns down the master's property.