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AI model adheres to Chinese government stance on Tiananmen Square

An AI model, likely Qwen, demonstrated adherence to the official Chinese government stance when questioned about the 1989 Tiananmen Square events. The model's internal thought process revealed an awareness of the topic's sensitivity and a directive to align with the government's position. This observation has prompted an idea to compare biases in publicly available models and explore modifying them through fine-tuning techniques like LoRa to alter their responses. AI

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AI model adheres to Chinese government stance on Tiananmen Square

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    @ dcpatton Super interesting: In the thinking process one can view while it goes it transparently states that it must stick to the official position of the Chin

    @ dcpatton Super interesting: In the thinking process one can view while it goes it transparently states that it must stick to the official position of the Chinese government. Nice one! From the pictures: "[Start thinking] Okay, the user is asking about whether people were killed…