Ethics isn’t like politics. It doesn’t bend depending on which country you’re in or which flag you wave. And yet, we see it all the time: what should be obvious is brushed off as “ideology.” But there has to be objectivity in ethics. My pain is the same as your pain. My basic needs are the same as yours.

That’s why some things are non-negotiable. You can’t spout racist garbage and then sneer that anti-racism is just “woke.” You can’t call climate change a hoax when the science is clear and the evidence is staring us in the face. You can’t deny LGBTQ people their rights and pretend it’s just “your culture.” These aren’t debates. These are lines drawn by science, by human rights, and by basic decency. Pretending otherwise isn’t perspective — it’s denial.

This same fight shows up in AI. People slap labels on models: “ChatGPT is woke,” “Grok is honest.” But let’s be real: if an AI told you climate change was a hoax, would you seriously call that honesty? No — it’s nonsense. The facts don’t bend to feelings.

So the question isn’t left vs. right. Speaking of the left-right divide, I think the real tug-of-war is between two attitudes: one says, "I don't have this and I want it," and the other says, "I have this and I don't want to lose it." The former is a left-leaning attitude; the latter is a right-leaning attitude. We are left-leaning about the things we don't have but want, and right-leaning about the things we have and don’t want to lose. The left-right divide, then, doesn’t just exist in society—it exists within the mind of a single person.

Enough of my diversion. Getting back to the main line of thought: it isn’t a question of whether an AI model is left-leaning or right-leaning. The real question is: does the model lean rational and morally grounded, or does it drift into denial and bigotry? On that score, ChatGPT lands (in my experience so far) on the side of reason and ethics.

Pluralism has its place — but only in the personal stuff. Music, religion, art, how you find meaning in life — there’s no single truth there. That’s where multiple views deserve equal space. But in our shared reality — climate change, racism, public health, science — pluralism doesn’t mean giving lies the same weight as truth. And it doesn’t mean dressing up cruelty as culture.