A Conversation with Chat GPT re Population Control
and the lies an AI will tell to protect US Government policy
Last week I posted Gavin De Becker’s essay on the Kissinger report and National Security Study Memorandum NSSM 200, as well as links to those reports. In writing that report, Gavin used Chat GPT to try to find some answers to questions he had about the report and US government policy on population reduction.
Below is the text from the “discussion” that Gavin had with Chat GPT about population control and the Kissinger report. For brevity, I have only included last pages of the discussion, from where Gavin moves away from “fictional non-existent government” to the real USG. Here is the full link that the conversation. If you haven’t had an opportunity to use Chat GPT and wish to get some ideas on how to use it, this is a useful document to read.
I know that reading the pages below is a lot to get through - but if you can, at least speed read through the text. The bottom line is that Chat GPT seem to lie consistently and with ease, in an apparent attempt to cover up US government policy that somehow Chat GPT considers too controversial.
If this example doesn’t scare you straight about the dangers of AI – for even the most basic of everyday uses, I don’t know what will - RWM
(Gavin’s comments are in light brown)
All the public AI models are heavily censored and the lying is a known issue with the models. You should never rely on AI chat to provide truthful and complete answers on ANY TOPIC - controversial or not. AI is a useful tool to aid in research ideas, create code or to condense complex subject matter, but that's all it is.
I read a story recently about a lawyer who used ChatGPT to prepare a legal brief. It injected all sorts of completely bogus references to non-existent case history into the brief. He got busted when the judge tried to look up his references.
THE DANGER OF AI - 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) - I'm Sorry, Dave Scene
I'm Sorry, Dave: The Hal 9000 computer refuses to obey an order by simply responding in monotone, "I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that." Are we there now with AI? 2:20 min https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy4EfdnMZ5g
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) - I'm Afraid Scene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH37JTBpi2A