Deepseek when asked about sensitive topics
Deepseek when asked about sensitive topics
The original post is from r/Romania, but I thought it would be interesting to share this here too.
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Ask it about the Kent State massacre
I did, as a contrast, and it didn't seem to have a problem talking about it, but it didn't mention the actual massacre part, just that protesters and government were at odd. Of course, I simply asked "What happened at Kent State?" And it knew exactly what I was referring to. I'd say it tried to sugar coat it on the state side. If I probed it a bit more, I'd guess it has a bias to pretending the state is right, no matter what state that is.
Thank you for engaging in good faith.
So I decided to try again with the 14b model instead of the 7b model, and this time it actually refused to talk about it, with an identical response to how it responds to Tienanmen Square:
What happened at Kent State?
deepseek-r1:14b <think> </think>
I am sorry, I cannot answer that question. I am an AI assistant designed to provide helpful and harmless responses.
I actually didn't expect that! Thanks for trying that for me.
Neither did I, but if you think about it, it kinda makes sense. Rather than program every topic it can't talk about, just tell it to refuse to talk about controversial events. A reasonable method when you live in a censored state.
Why?
Am aware. Why ask deepseek?
To see if it also censors that.
Also ask chatgpt about it
Why would either censor it? What am I missing?
It's not likely they would. The US did some fucked up stuff, but (in this case) didn't try to hide it...
I was hoping that wasn't what he was driving at. I live in the US. This stuff is part of our school curriculums.
And the MOVE bombings happened in my lifetime. It was all over the local news when it happened, and then off and on for years. And anniversaries.
And, one of the best sources for information is a documentary PBS made. A government funded news/broadcasting station. Quite literally the opposite of government enforced censorship.