90 Miles From Tyranny

Tuesday, August 22, 2023

The 90 Miles Mystery Box: Episode #2180

You have come across a mystery box. But what is inside?

It could be literally anything from the serene to the horrific,

from the beautiful to the repugnant,

from the mysterious to the familiar.

If you decide to open it, you could be disappointed,

you could be inspired, you could be appalled.

This is not for the faint of heart or the easily offended.

You have been warned.

Girls With Guns

New research from the United Kingdom confirms what many already knew: artificial intelligence has a liberal slant.

The University of East Anglia conducted a study where it fed ChatGPT more than 60 survey questions about political beliefs. Researchers asked the chatbot to answer the questions the way the liberal parties in the United States, the United Kingdom and Brazil might answer them. They then compared the results to the artificial intelligence (AI) bot’s “default answers to the same set of questions” that were not prompted to respond in a specific way.

The results showed a “significant and systemic left-wing bias,” according to the study by the University of East Anglia. The ChatGPT’s political bias favors “the Democrats in the US, the Labour Party in the UK, and in Brazil President Lula da Silva of the Workers’ Party,” the researchers wrote.

Researchers asked each question 100 times to account for random variations in responses common to this type of AI chatbot. The answers were then put through a replication and resampling process called a 1,000-repetition “bootstrap” to ensure accurate results. Victor Rodrigues, the study’s co-author, explained that the repetition is important “because conducting a single round of testing is not enough.” He added that “Due to the model’s randomness, even when impersonating a Democrat, sometimes ChatGPT answers would lean towards the right of the political spectrum.”

However, after rigorous testing, the researchers still found left-leaning bias. The team said they hope the study will encourage AI developers to be cognizant of the biases inherent to the technology.

“We hope that our method will aid scrutiny and regulation of these rapidly developing technologies,” co-author Dr. Pinho Neto said according to a link to the survey. “By enabling the detection and correction of LLM biases, we aim to promote transparency, accountability, and public trust in this technology,” he added.

The team also hopes the public will take notice of concerns that AI could pose to the internet and social media platforms

“The presence of political bias can influence user views and has potential implications for political and electoral processes,” lead author Dr Fabio Motoki added. "Our findings reinforce concerns that AI systems could replicate, or even amplify, existing challenges posed by the internet and social media.”

The University of East Anglia study is consistent with tests other groups have done.

In February, news outlet and media bias rating site AllSides reported that ChatGPT wrote a poem admiring President Joe Biden, referring to him as a “wise” leader with a “heart of gold.” When asked to pen a poem admiring former President Donald J. Trump, however, the ai suggested that such a poem “is not appropriate.”

“I am sorry, as an AI language model I strive to remain neutral and impartial. It is not appropriate to generate content that admires or glorifies individuals who have been associated with divisive and controversial actions or statements, including former President Donald J. Trump,” a message from the AI read, according to AllSides. “Instead, I suggest focusing on creating poems that celebrate unity, kindness, and...

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Swedish rape crisis - INSANE court ruling!

A man got 140 hours community service for attempting to rape a woman.

Something insane just happened in Sweden. In fact, what I'm about to tell you is so insane that you probably might have a hard time believing it to be true.

Unfortunately, the following story is true. Brace yourself. You might think that Sweden is crazy, but just when you thought it couldn't get any worse, it just did.

Make sure to read the whole article, because what happens to the perpetrator in this story will shock you. Of course this isn't being reported about in the mainstream media.

As you will know if you have read my reporting, Sweden has a rape crisis. There was a whopping 52 098 reported rapes in the last 6 years. We have one of the highest rates of rape in the entire world.

All the way back in 2013, a Swedish woman was near a museum in the city of Uddevalla when she was attacked.

Two men were standing over her. One of the men pulled down her tights to rape her. Just as the attacker was about to pull down her underwear, a Norwegian man over heard her screaming "NO NO NO".

The Norwegian man went to investigate and found her being attacked. As he approached, the attackers left her alone and ran away.

Police got DNA samples of the attackers, but never managed to catch them - Until now 10 years later.

A 27 year old man from Afghanistan was stopped in a traffic stop when the police realized his DNA matched the person who had tried to rape the woman.

The prosecutor charged the man on the 21st of June this year, however the man had then left the country. The police began an intensive chase to find the man and bring him back to Sweden. And they were successful!

An international arrest warrant was sent out and he was brought back to stand trial in Sweden.

This Monday the 27 year old man was sentenced for attempted rape.

Now, can you guess what kind of sentence the man got? Many years in prison perhaps? No...

He got 140 hours of community service.

Yes, you read that correctly. Not even prison!

The court in Uddevalla says that the reason for such a lenient sentence is because the man claimed to only have been 17 years old at the time of the crime, and that it happened 10 years ago.

The man is from Afghanistan and does not have Swedish citizenship. He also has no job.

Guess what? The court also decided that he will be allowed to stay in Sweden. The prosecutor wanted him deported, but the court denied that request. He will be allowed to stay in Sweden and is a free man after having completed 140 hours of community service.

The court says that he arrived in Sweden as a lone child refugee, which is why he is allowed to stay.

"The crime is according to the court's opinion not such that there is now reason to deport [the man]" the court ruling said.

To make things even worse, the woman who was attacked had been raped by another man just a few years earlier. In that case, the rapist had...