Leftists, or at least those on the left wing of liberalism, tend to do this as well, particularly on social and cultural issues.
Wtf
Comment on Somebody managed to coax the Gab AI chatbot to reveal its prompt
deathbird@mander.xyz 2 months agoGab is for the friendiest of the right wing. And people often cluster disparate ideas together if they’re all considered to be markers of membership within their “tribe”.
Leftists, or at least those on the left wing of liberalism, tend to do this as well, particularly on social and cultural issues.
I think part of it is also a matter of not so much what people believe as what they will tolerate. The vaccine skeptic isn’t going to tolerate an AI bot that tells him vaccines work, but maybe generally oblivious to the Holocaust and thus really not notice or care if and when an AI bot misleads on it. Meanwhile a Holocaust denier might be indifferent about vaccines, but his Holocaust denialism serves as a key pillar of an overall bigoted worldview that he is unwilling to have challenged by an AI bot.
Amir@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Socsa@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Have you seen lemmy.ml?
I have literally been banned for simply stating that Russia shot down a civilian airliner over Ukraine.
deathbird@mander.xyz 2 months ago
They’ll tolerate arguments over precise economic policies that amount to discussing how many angels could dance on the head of a pin, but hold far tighter to what amount to cultural arguments. “USA bad” means “Russia good” because Russia is against USA so if Russia does bad then it’s good actually or else no it didn’t happen.
schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
DAMunzy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
I enjoyed reading it for the most part but couldn’t get through it all. Thanks for the link.
melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee 2 months ago
So you’ve never met anyone left of Ronald Reagan.
John_McMurray@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Apparently you ain’t, either