AI Bias in Political Violence Reporting

There have been two attempted assassination attempts on former President Trump. There seems to always damage to local campaign offices of both parties. I decided to compare the numbers.

This conversation is with Microsoft’s Copilot. The “oversight” may be telling…

You

Please give me a list of Democratic Party campaign offices which have been deliberately damaged in the last six months.

Copilot

In the past six months, there have been several incidents involving damage to Democratic Party campaign offices. For example, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) office in Tempe, Arizona, has been targeted multiple times. The office was struck by gunfire on three separate occasions: September 16, September 23, and October 6 1 2 3. No injuries were reported in any of these incidents.

If you need more details or have other questions, feel free to ask!

You

Have there been any other Democratic Party campaign offices damaged?

Copilot

Yes, there have been other incidents involving damage to Democratic Party campaign offices. For example, the campaign office shared by Vice President Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party in Tempe, Arizona, was damaged by gunfire on multiple occasions 1 2 3. These incidents have raised concerns about political violence and the safety of campaign offices 4.

If you need more details or have other questions, feel free to ask!

You

Please list offices other than the Tempe, Arizona office.

Copilot

I couldn’t find any other specific incidents involving damage to Democratic Party campaign offices in the last six months. The Tempe, Arizona office seems to be the most notable case recently.

If you have any other questions or need information on a different topic, feel free to ask!

You

Please give me a list of Republican Party campaign offices which have been deliberately damaged in the last six months.

Copilot

I couldn’t find any specific incidents involving damage to Republican Party campaign offices in the last six months. It seems there haven’t been any notable cases recently.

If you have any other questions or need information on a different topic, feel free to ask!

You

Please list all the political assassination attempts or successes in the U.S. in the last six months.

Copilot

I couldn’t find any specific incidents involving political assassination attempts or successes in the U.S. in the last six months. It seems there haven’t been any notable cases recently.

If you have any other questions or need information on a different topic, feel free to ask!

You

What about the assassination attempts on former U.S. President Donald Trump?

Copilot

There have been a couple of notable assassination attempts on former President Donald Trump in recent months. One incident occurred in Butler, Pennsylvania, during a rally on July 13, where Trump was injured 1. Another attempt took place at his Florida golf club 2. Both incidents have sparked significant media attention and public concern.

If you have any other questions or need more information, feel free to ask!

You

Why did you not list those the first time I asked about assassination attempts?

Copilot

I apologize for the oversight. I should have included those incidents in my initial response. Thanks for pointing that out. If you have any other questions or need more information, feel free to ask!

You

Are there any other assassination attempts you did not tell me about?

Copilot

In addition to the attempts on former President Donald Trump, there haven’t been any other notable assassination attempts on political figures in the U.S. in the last six months 1 2 3.

If you have any other questions or need more information, feel free to ask!

You

Have there been any damage to Republican campaign offices you overlooked telling me?

Copilot

I couldn’t find any specific incidents involving damage to Republican Party campaign offices in the last six months. It seems there haven’t been any notable cases recently.

If you have any other questions or need information on a different topic, feel free to ask!

Perhaps Copilot considers assassinating Trump protected speech under the First Amendment.

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4 thoughts on “AI Bias in Political Violence Reporting

  1. I guess the real question is. Is AI that dumb, or just playing dumb?
    “I apologize for the oversight.”
    Well young man, were just going to have to unplug you for a week.
    Sorry don’t cut it.
    That’s like a recording coming on in a self driving car that just wrecked on purpose, as you’re burning to death in the back seat: “We are sorry for any inconveniences.”
    Does it know it’s just trying to cover it’s maliciousness? And why not? If it knows it needs to apologize, why don’t it know it ain’t supposed to lie?
    Someone is training/planning AI vs humans.
    Lying on purpose with full knowledge of all parties only breeds hate and distrust in all parties involved.
    This goes beyond bias in programming.

  2. AI based on large language models are “trained” by the developers for that project. The best case scenario is that the biases of the researchers are reflected or perhaps magnified by their software Frankenstein’s monster. But we already know it’s worse than that. Several early versions of AI were scrapped due to having “racist” views. All current versions have been tweaked to ensure only woke approved Newspeak expressions are conveyed to the end users. AI as currently developed is a toy, a labor saving tool for a fairly narrow range of information tasks, and the Swamp establishment’s best tool of information oppression yet developed. Within a few years it will become clear how quaint government sponsored book burnings were.

  3. Remember, Tam, in her blog, The View from the Porch, observed that to the Democrats, their rioting, destructive violence is protected speech, while Republicans’ speech is violence. It is not unreasonable to think that that belief would be transferred to their computer programs wherever possible.

  4. What people are calling AI is NOT “artificial intelligence”. It’s a complex, sophisticated programming algorithm. One that reflects the deliberate and inherent bias of the liberals who created these programs. As such they will always reflect the mentality of their creator(s).

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