Which Humans? LLMs mainly mirror WEIRD minds (Europeans?)

Which Humans? LLMs mainly mirror WEIRD minds (Europeans?)(hks.harvard.edu)

5 points by kaven1234 228 days ago | 1 comment

andsoitis 228 days ago |

> their performance on cognitive psychological tasks most resembles that of people from Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic (WEIRD) societies

Is that such a bad thing? After all, that’s where the technology came from so it isn’t surprising that that would also be the dominant culture expressed by the technology.

andsoitis 228 days ago |

> their performance on cognitive psychological tasks most resembles that of people from Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic (WEIRD) societies

Is that such a bad thing? After all, that’s where the technology came from so it isn’t surprising that that would also be the dominant culture expressed by the technology.