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0 pointscoffeebeqn1y ago0 comments

Is there any reason to think they can’t train it to be more culturally appropriate to different regions ?

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OpenAI keeps talking about "personalised AI", but what they've actually been doing is forcing everyone to use a single model with a single set of "safety" rules, censorship, and response style.

Either they can't afford to train multiple variants of GPT 4, or they don't want to.

selfmodruntime1y ago

They certainly can, but the Californian techno bubble is so entrenched into the western culture war that they prefer to act as a (in their opinion) benevolent dictator. Which is fair in a way, it's their model after all.

jameshart1y ago

We know how that works out with protocol droids. Cutting C-3PO (Hmmm... GPT4o? Should we start calling it Teeforo?) off mid sentence is a regular part of canon.

Hey, Threepio, can you speak in a more culturally appropriate tone?

C3Po: Certainly sir. I am fluent in over six million forms of communication, and can readily...

Can you speak German?

C3Po: Of course I can, sir, it's like a second language to me. I was...

All right, shut up.

C3Po: Shutting up, sir.

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