Tl:dr → ChatGPT o1-preview (usage of advanced reasoning) concludes that everybody in a modern society should go vegan
You can see the full discussion here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTIFrQXDjA_ncJqevwadIK1TI8kIvagkuGQbGYbRrBvAAHFo5CsBlzv2ReOf7wPE23VIW__d14WhU-7/pub
It should be noted that English is not my native language. I used this conversation to find out if ChatGPT’s new model with its advanced reasoning would recommend me to adapt a vegan lifestyle (acting like a curious non-vegan person who heard about the vegan arguments and want’s to check them using an AI). I think that you can get better results by asking better questions which also emphasize the logical part even more, but I’m satisfied with the conclusion. It makes me wonder if it could be a good way to just hand out the simple core arguments of veganism to people who refuse to listen to vegans, just because they are vegans, so that they can check their position using ChatGPT.
Hi, OP, as much as I agree with and understand the sentiment here, breadsmasher is entirely correct. ChatGPT, being an LLM, simply spits out a sequence of whatever it thinks a human would say; it’s a pile of algebra that doesn’t “know” anything as a human traditionally knows things, has no actual thoughts backing it up, and is highly susceptible to what you prompt it with.
You could just as easily coax it into becoming an animal agriculture propaganda machine for why beef is great for the environment and commercial fishing is great for the oceans and chickens actually love being kept in cages to lay eggs. We should absolutely not be encouraging its usage for statements of fact, ethical beliefs, or debate, and if you want to convince other people about vegan ideas, please meet them at a human level instead of feeding them a pile of AI slop.
I won’t remove this post because it does not violate existing rules, but I will create a rule (which I think the other mods will agree with, having seen veganpizza’s sentiment toward AI “art”) that posts whose primary subject are created by a generative AI model will be subject to removal. Discussion about machine learning if it somehow pertains to veganism is still fine, of course.