AI tools are making the world look weird
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AI systems often reflect the thinking of Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic (WEIRD) people, rather than universal human cognition. A 2023 Harvard study found that ChatGPT's ability to simulate people's values decreases with cultural distance from the USA, performing poorly for countries like Libya and Pakistan. This challenges the notion that AI represents global human psychology.
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