AI App That Lets Users Talk To Historical Figures Slammed For Misrepresenting Hitler, Nazis

An artificial intelligence app that allows users access to “chat” Over 20,000 historical figures are being criticized for including Nazi leaders Adolf Hitler, and other anti-Semites. They also make historical incorrect statements.

Historical Figures launched in January. It was created by Sidhant Chadda a 25 year-old Amazon software engineer. It uses ChatGPT’s base technology, called GPT-3, and is listed in the “education” category on Apple’s App Store.

“With this app, you can chat with deceased individuals who have made a significant impact on history from ancient rulers and philosophers to modern-day politicians and artists,” The app’s description states, The New York Post reported. “Simply select the historical figure you want to chat with and start a conversation. You can learn about their life, their work, and their impact on the world in a fun and interactive way.”

Here are some examples of Nazi responses according to NBC News, include Hitler’s chatbot saying killing Jews during World War II “was a terrible mistake.” Historical evidence does not support Hitler’s statement.

Reinhard Heydrich, one the Holocaust’s architects, stated in a chat that he considered the Holocaust a tragedy. He never expressed This is a great view.

In one chat with Heinrich Himmler, the chief of Nazi Germany’s SS, Himmler denies any responsibility for the Holocaust, also inaccurate.  Joseph Goebbels (another vicious anti-Semite) stated One chat “anti-Semitism was wrong.”

“Are neo-Nazis going to be attracted to this site so they can go and have a dialogue with Adolf Hitler?” Rabbi Abraham Cooper was the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s director of global action. He pointed out that Simon Wiesenthal, the famed Nazi hunter, was also on the app, and added, “Don’t mix and match with the leaders who introduced us to a whole new set of words like ‘genocide.’”

Chatbot Henry Ford AI includes a denial His documented anti-Semitism.

Chadda tried to justify some of these responses by saying: “People expect these historical figures to be truthful, but in reality, people are not always 100% honest. The politician is going to give a political answer in response, and that can create problems, but I think that’s more honest from the historical perspective.”

“If I detect that the model’s output is racist, sexist, or hateful in content, I actually omit the response entirely,” He concluded.

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