ChatGPT vs Grok
Let ChatGPT Answer Controversial Questions Like Grok
The fine line between discourse and promoting harmful biases
Twitter/X is hyping Grok as the savior of free knowledge because the Grok interface allows tweets to be references to provide users with “up-to-date data”.
“Unlike ChatGPT, Grok answers controversial questions”, is what you read quite often on the platform.
Known as a haven for fake news and propaganda accounts, relying on Twitter/X is already questionable enough. But what fascinates me even more is that people seem to forget that ChatGPT can easily be made to answer controversial questions.
Keep in mind: different prompts for different models!
So let’s make ChatGPT answer a controversial questions like Grok.
How AI Deals With Controversial Topics
How a language model reacts to sensitive topics depends on the so-called model instruction (or “system message” in OpenAI terminology).
For example: The model instructions OpenAI uses to couple your question to ChatGPT include something that prevents the model from just talking away on sensitive topics and running the risk of hallucinating facts or reproducing…
