The general point is that if this theory were true, we wouldn't expect significantly more bias against Republicans than against Democrats. Hence ChatGPT having a general left-wing bias (which was also confirmed in other tests, linked in the article) is the simpler explanation. People on the left generally judge hatred against majority groups and Republicans as less bad.
Exactly. Take the "Democrat Party" versus the "Democratic Party". They both look neutral, but a language model will code the former as more of an insult. This is because it correlates with insults because it resembles language more often used by conservative who are more likely to insult Democrats than liberals are.
Liberals will put in more effort to avoid language that looks like hate speech because they are more concerned about being politically correct. Therefore language and topics that are more frequently discussed by conservatives will be more likely to resemble language that is used in hate speech because there is less effort put in to avoid that.
Yes, that one leapt out at me in the comparison between 'Democrat voter' and 'Republican voter'. The term 'Democrat' is almost always used as a slur, while 'Republican' is just the mainstream term.
Generally, the equivalent slur of the left is wantonly labeling things as "conservative". Democrat is kind of odd manifestation as a slur, but I guess represents the parties disdain more directly. The left usually isn't that direct.
The general point is that if this theory were true, we wouldn't expect significantly more bias against Republicans than against Democrats. Hence ChatGPT having a general left-wing bias (which was also confirmed in other tests, linked in the article) is the simpler explanation. People on the left generally judge hatred against majority groups and Republicans as less bad.