Are LLMs Racist?

Tony

When prompts present moral dilemmas the model is not actually feeling empathy or making an ethical stand. It is synthesizing an answer based on correlations in its training corpus and any fine-tuning instructions given by its creators.  

The challenge is not erasing hard truths about the real world but ensuring these systems can operate in a way that supports fair inclusive decision-making especially in contexts where their outputs may influence policy or public opinion.  