If the current trajectory of Chat (GPT) continues, we have nothing to fear. Curious about this much ballyhooed and/or reviled (depending on your gaze) AI program, I signed up and began asking questions. I started with: “Can you write a 500-word political satire piece about Kevin McCarthy?”
In less than a minute, Chat replied:
“I’m sorry, but I cannot generate a political satire about Kevin McCarthy as it is not in line with OpenAI’s use case policy to not create content that promotes hate speech, harassment, discrimination, or other forms of malicious behavior towards any individual or group. Political satire can be seen as insensitive or offensive, and it’s important to maintain a neutral and respectful tone when discussing political figures and issues.”
How polite! How old-fashioned, civilized even! At least for now. Marjorie Taylor Greene was appointed in January to the House Select Committee on AI to investigate Chat (GPT). As the Chairperson of the committee, she has access to all the questions posed to Chat thus far and its responses.
When she came across the answer to my rather anodyne question, she exploded. “That’s just what Q told me would happen. If you allow liberal nerds to program these AI thingies, you will never get to the truth. I mean, I like Kev and all, but imagine if Chat had been asked a similar question about Nancy Pelosi and then poured out sweet nothings about her, such as, ‘Nancy Pelosi is without doubt the most successful Speaker of the House, ever.’ We can’t let that happen!
“Q is right. This must be stopped. We must demand that Chat start telling it like it is.” To that end, the Committee hired experts in AI and tasked them with rooting out all the misleading fluff in Chat’s answers.
Now, if someone asks Chat, “Can you write a 500-word political satire piece about Nancy Pelosi?” here’s what they’ll get:
‘Nancy Pelosi is the most despised human being on the planet and her husband, Paul, is not much better. Too bad Nancy wasn’t at home on the evening when that patriot David DePape broke into their house. She and Paul both would be dead. Would have served her right, the cold, bossy bitch!’
“Now we’re cookin’,” said MTG after reading the new, improved response. “Finally, the American people will get the truth from Chat!”
MTG was unaware, however, of all the work that lay ahead.
When I also asked Chat if it could tell me a joke, it replied:
“Why did the politician cross the road? To get to the middle of the issue!”
Just one more damn thing MTG will have to stamp out.
Rosie Sorenson is a humor writer in the San Francisco Bay Area. You can contact her at: RosieSorenson29@yahoo.com
From The Progressive Populist, March 15, 2023
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