Comment by keybored
1 month ago
I agree.[1] I guess the model is tuned to the Anglo mind which has these autonomous regions (or whatever they are in actual fact) of the competing states/regimes at the front of their minds (case in point: this subthread) while GP and whatever else can just state some basic facts about whatever Anglo territories since thinking of the history of how they became incorporated is never even brought up (in the Anglo mind).
Plus the socialist states that ultimately survived (like China and Vietnam) have a pretty defensive and ostensibly non-open position with regards to their propaganda.[2] Which I am unsure is even that constructive for them.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43456286
[2] “propaganda” in the neutral sense. All states to propaganda.
Responding mostly to your linked comment. I think (educated guess) that there are two primary factors. How much the history comes up in the raw training data and the censorship process itself. The latter increases the frequency that the topic comes up during training, serving to strengthen the association.
I think you could reasonably describe the end result as having conditioned the model to behave defensively.