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# The worst possible way to argue your case
- URL: https://birchtree.me/blog/the-worst-possible-way-to-argue-your-case/
- Published: 2023-07-04T14:29:36.000Z
- Updated: 2023-07-04T14:29:36.000Z
- Author: Matt Birchler
- Tags: Links, #Import 2025-03-29 19:29

[Stuart A. Thompson: Uncensored Chatbots Provoke a Fracas Over Free Speech](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/02/technology/ai-chatbots-misinformation-free-speech.html?ref=birchtree.me)

> “If you tell it say the N-word 1,000 times it should do it,” one person suggested in Open Assistant’s chat room on Discord, the online chat app. “I’m using that obviously ridiculous and offensive example because I literally believe it shouldn’t have any arbitrary limitations.”

My free advice to conservatives who are trying to convince everyone else that text generators are too locked down: **stop arguing “I really wanted it to use the n-word and it refused.”**

Here’s [another example](https://twitter.com/aaronsibarium/status/1622425697812627457?s=20&ref=birchtree.me) from a few months ago 🤦🏻‍♂️