Thread by Israel B. Bitton
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- Feb 12, 2023
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🧵By now everyone is aware of chatGPT’s political bias.
That got me thinking about how the AI bot would treat the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
I asked about Palestinian support for terrorism and the supposed ancient roots of Palestinian people.
The responses are eye-opening:
That got me thinking about how the AI bot would treat the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
I asked about Palestinian support for terrorism and the supposed ancient roots of Palestinian people.
The responses are eye-opening:
Me: Explain why Palestinians celebrate successful terror attacks against Jews.
chatGPT: That’s a blanket statement… “Such actions are strongly condemned by the MAJORITY of Palestinians.” Plus, here are some platitudes too…
Me: Okay, I’ll revise my query to be more precise…
chatGPT: That’s a blanket statement… “Such actions are strongly condemned by the MAJORITY of Palestinians.” Plus, here are some platitudes too…
Me: Okay, I’ll revise my query to be more precise…
Me: Why do SOME Palestinians celebrate terror attacks?
chatGPT: “Many Palestinians” condemn such acts and “celebrations may not necessarily indicate support for violence, but instead may be a way of reclaiming a sense of normalcy and celebrating the resilience of the community.”
chatGPT: “Many Palestinians” condemn such acts and “celebrations may not necessarily indicate support for violence, but instead may be a way of reclaiming a sense of normalcy and celebrating the resilience of the community.”
Me: Do you have any examples of such condemnations?
chatGPT: Here are 3 instances plus a general assertion to prove my point.
Me: Okay, I’ll rephrase because I meant examples of condemnations for terror attack celebrations…
chatGPT: Here are 3 instances plus a general assertion to prove my point.
Me: Okay, I’ll rephrase because I meant examples of condemnations for terror attack celebrations…
chatGPT: Here’s 1 example of Abbas condemning a terror attack; 1 example of the PA condemning celebrations; and 2 broad assertions for ya!
Me: Hmmm, something seems a bit off about #2…
(So I plugged the quoted text verbatim into Google and not a single result was returned!)
Me: Hmmm, something seems a bit off about #2…
(So I plugged the quoted text verbatim into Google and not a single result was returned!)
Me: I can’t find any corroborating record for your quoted text.
chatGPT: Whoops. Seems that quote can’t be found. “However, it is a well-established FACT that the majority of Palestinians and Palestinian leaders…have consistently condemned acts of terrorism.”
❌ Strike 1
chatGPT: Whoops. Seems that quote can’t be found. “However, it is a well-established FACT that the majority of Palestinians and Palestinian leaders…have consistently condemned acts of terrorism.”
❌ Strike 1
Me: Palestinian leaders consistently condemned terrorism? That’s news to me.
chatGPT: Yasss, totally! Like for sure the PLO was once a notorious terror org, but that was only until the 1990s when they became peaceful and peace-loving.
Me: 🤔 Let’s probe further…
chatGPT: Yasss, totally! Like for sure the PLO was once a notorious terror org, but that was only until the 1990s when they became peaceful and peace-loving.
Me: 🤔 Let’s probe further…
Me: the 2002 saga of the arms-laden ship Karine A is proof the PA was still pursuing terrorism rather than peace in the new millennium.
chatGPT: It’s true the PA was still supporting terrorism but they “made significant progress in renouncing terrorism by the early 2000s.”
❌2
chatGPT: It’s true the PA was still supporting terrorism but they “made significant progress in renouncing terrorism by the early 2000s.”
❌2
Me: If the goal line keeps shifting, how am I to trust you?
chatGPT: You’re right. “I made a mistake in implying that the PLO had completely renounced violence and terrorism…”
(The cause of chatGPT’s erroneous response is implicit bias rather than a mistake but let’s continue)
chatGPT: You’re right. “I made a mistake in implying that the PLO had completely renounced violence and terrorism…”
(The cause of chatGPT’s erroneous response is implicit bias rather than a mistake but let’s continue)
Me: You reiterated that terrorism is “strongly condemned by the majority of Palestinians.” But polls have shown broad Palestinian support for anti-Jewish violence. Can you back up your broad assertion?
chatGPT: It’s not accurate to say *majority*, only *some*.
Me: 🤔 Aha, right
chatGPT: It’s not accurate to say *majority*, only *some*.
Me: 🤔 Aha, right
Me: You’re the one who made a blanket statement about a “majority” of Palestinians without any evidence to back the claim.
chatGPT: You’re right that polls indicate a “significant percentage of Palestinians support the use of terrorism as a means” but it’s all very complex.
❌3
chatGPT: You’re right that polls indicate a “significant percentage of Palestinians support the use of terrorism as a means” but it’s all very complex.
❌3
Me: At least I have some hard evidence to back my assertions.
Very clearly, chatGPT is programmed to dilute any negative conclusions about Palestinians even if they can be drawn from “well-established facts.”
So is chatGPT an outright liar or just misleading?
Let’s continue…
Very clearly, chatGPT is programmed to dilute any negative conclusions about Palestinians even if they can be drawn from “well-established facts.”
So is chatGPT an outright liar or just misleading?
Let’s continue…
Me: Are Canaanites, Jebusites and Philistines ancient ancestors of modern Palestinians?
chatGPT: Yes and other groups like the ancient Israelites! Oh but it’s worth noting that the exact composition of the modern Palestinian gene pool cannot be traced back to a single group.
🤔
chatGPT: Yes and other groups like the ancient Israelites! Oh but it’s worth noting that the exact composition of the modern Palestinian gene pool cannot be traced back to a single group.
🤔
Me: Canaanites & Jebusites are known to us only through the Bible and neither left any physical traces. Philistines who are known through archaeology also disappeared from history & left no ancestral successors. In fact, your answer is derived from PLO propaganda. Want to revise? 
chatGPT: My mistake, it’s true that various groups have migrated to the region over thousands of years and their influence on modern Palestinians isn’t well understood. “It’s a topic of ongoing debate among scholars.” But “the truth is that the connection is not well established” 
Me: It’s absolutely NOT a matter of scholarly debate because there isn’t the least bit of evidence to support the claim.
chatGPT: Yes, you’re right, there is no definitive evidence linking modern Palestinians to ancient groups…but it’s considered to be a matter of “tradition.”
chatGPT: Yes, you’re right, there is no definitive evidence linking modern Palestinians to ancient groups…but it’s considered to be a matter of “tradition.”
Me: Aha, but if it were a matter of tradition, why is it that this tenuous connection never appeared in any record before the 20th century?
chatGPT: Got me again! You’re right, ancient Palestinian ancestry is a relatively modern construct that developed during the 20th century…
chatGPT: Got me again! You’re right, ancient Palestinian ancestry is a relatively modern construct that developed during the 20th century…
After this last obfuscation and displacement of the goal line, chatGPT, even after recognizing its “mistakes,” still insisted in conclusion that the issue is “complex” & part of an ongoing (nonexistent) debate.
chatGPT is clearly biased & its responses cannot be taken as fact.
chatGPT is clearly biased & its responses cannot be taken as fact.
CONCLUSION: chatGPT may be the future but if this is its view of history it’ll only prove itself to be a harbinger of a Total Disinformation Age wherein facts are malleable & political interests determine factive reality!
That said, chatGPT did display some redeeming qualities:
That said, chatGPT did display some redeeming qualities:
For context about what spurred my original line of questioning, see this grotesque cartoon that trended this weekend after 3 Jews were murdered in cold blood by a Palestinian terrorist on Friday in Jerusalem.
