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I dislike all censorship, but US models are much more censored, I often find myself using Chinese models to get answers I want.

Now, of course I’d prefer no censoring, but I live in the world we live in.

I’m working in the assumption that (like today) there will always be somehow on openrouter, or similar, who will host a model I want to run.

How do Western models censor?

I’m guessing they’re referring to things like refusals if it thinks your request may be related to building a bioweapon, or hack someone else, etc.

Some of this seems public safety not censorship.

By censorship I mean things like "nothing happens in 1989". By public safety I mean "no I won't tell you how to build a bioweapon for genocide".

Much less than that. Anthropic won’t let its best model discuss my digestive system issues, or how to install apps on my own Peleton exercise bike.