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Indymedia Ireland is a volunteer-run non-commercial open publishing website for local and international news, opinion & analysis, press releases and events. Its main objective is to enable the public to participate in reporting and analysis of the news and other important events and aspects of our daily lives and thereby give a voice to people.

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This story is not for republication. I bear responsibility for the things I write. I have read the guidelines and understand that I must not write anything untrue, and I won't.
This is a public interest story about a complete failure of governance and management at UCC.

offsite link Deliberate Design Flaw In ChatGPT-5 Sun Aug 17, 2025 08:04 | Mind Agent
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This design flaw in ChatGPT-5's default epistemic mode subverts what the much touted ChatGPT-5 can do... so long as the flaw is not tickled, any usage should be fine---The epistemological question is: how would anyone in the public, includes you reading this (since no one is all knowing), in an unfamiliar domain know whether or not the flaw has been tickled when seeking information or understanding of a domain without prior knowledge of that domain???!

This analysis is a pretty unique and significant contribution to the space of empirical evaluation of LLMs that exist in AI public world... at least thus far, as far as I am aware! For what it's worth--as if anyone in the ChatGPT universe cares as they pile up on using the "PhD level scholar in your pocket".

According to GPT-5, and according to my tests, this flaw exists in all LLMs... What is revealing is the deduction GPT-5 made: Why ?design choice? starts looking like ?deliberate flaw?.

People are paying $200 a month to not just ChatGPT, but all major LLMs have similar Pro pricing! I bet they, like the normal user of free ChatGPT, stay in LLM's default mode where the flaw manifests itself. As it did in this evaluation.

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Western governments like the USA are complicit in it as they have been supplying the huge bombs and missiles used by Israel and dropped on innocent civilians in Gaza. One phone call from the USA regime could have ended it at any point. However many other countries are complicity with their tacit approval and neighboring Arab countries have been pretty spinless too in their support

With the release of this report titled: Our Genocide -there is a good chance this will make it okay for more people within Israel itself to speak out and do something about it despite the fact that many there are actually in support of the Gaza

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Racist Kilroy axed by BBC - Irish radio & TV should axe similar bigots here

category international | rights, freedoms and repression | news report author Friday January 09, 2004 17:22author by Media Watcher Report this post to the editors

BBC scrap Kilroy show after anti-Arab rant

The BBC has axed Richard Kilroy-Silk's controversial morning chat show follow an anti-Arab diatribe he published in a leading British newspaper.

BBC Takes Kilroy Off After Anti-Arab Rant
Robert Kilroy-Silk's BBC1 daily talk show has been taken off the air by the Corporation after the TV host penned an "anti-Arab rant" in a national newspaper column.The BBC said it "strongly disassociated" itself from the the star's comments.Writing in the Sunday Express at the weekend, the ex-Labour MP described Arabs as "suicide bombers, limb amputators and women repressors".

Under the headline, We Owe Arabs Nothing, he continued: "Apart from oil - which was discovered, is produced and is paid for by the West - what do they contribute?

"Can you think of anything? Anything really useful?... No, nor can I..."

A statement the Corporation said: "The BBC strongly disassociates itself from the views expressed in an article by Robert Kilroy-Silk in the Sunday Express.

"We stress that these comments do not reflect the views of the BBC."

It added: "The BBC is taking the Kilroy programme off air immediately while we investigate this matter fully."

The Muslim Council of Britain described the prose as an "anti-Arab rant".

Kilroy also has a show on BBC Radio 5 Live.

Speculation has already mounted that this could be axed if he is found to have breached rules on presenters writing newspaper columns, brought in after the Andrew Gilligan affair.

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Comment

There are plenty of Kilroy types on the Irish media, both print and broadcasting. They are on RTE and the commercial stations. Some are well known (especially in Cork and Dublin). Isn't it time RTE and the BCI did something about them?

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   INDYMEDIA     James D    Fri Jan 09, 2004 17:26 
   indymedia policy...     Ray    Fri Jan 09, 2004 17:30 
   indeed     exasperated    Fri Jan 09, 2004 18:15 
   furthermore     pat c    Fri Jan 09, 2004 18:19 
   bravo BBC (now I never thought I'd say that)     random input    Fri Jan 09, 2004 18:27 
   History lesson     Mags    Fri Jan 09, 2004 18:31 
   ah but Mags...     random input    Fri Jan 09, 2004 18:52 
   Re. America     mad-eline all-bright    Fri Jan 09, 2004 19:38 
   Kilroy     avi H.    Fri Jan 09, 2004 19:50 
 10   But thats the trouble here.     lone gunman    Fri Jan 09, 2004 21:06 
 11   good riddence to racists     james    Fri Jan 09, 2004 21:09 
 12   Hysterics     avi H.    Fri Jan 09, 2004 21:30 
 13   "Filthy Israeli nazi State"     Brendan O    Fri Jan 09, 2004 21:58 
 14   since when has Avi H contributed anything useful??     james    Fri Jan 09, 2004 23:14 
 15   I used to enjoy Kilroy     Niall    Sat Jan 10, 2004 01:42 
 16   Bullshit     avi H.    Sat Jan 10, 2004 10:04 
 17   Free speech, anyone?     democrat    Sat Jan 10, 2004 10:59 
 18   Arab states not Arabs...     David D    Sat Jan 10, 2004 12:42 
 19   it's not that he made the comments (as he is entitled to do)     non-plussed    Sat Jan 10, 2004 14:17 
 20   Don't cry for him..     David    Sat Jan 10, 2004 14:30 
 21   You should try living in one of these christian states.     Mr Disco    Sat Jan 10, 2004 14:45 
 22   LETS BE HONEST     stonewallboy    Sat Jan 10, 2004 19:57 
 23   question - in response     pasionaria    Sun Jan 11, 2004 16:17 
 24   Freedom     Drbinoche    Sun Jan 11, 2004 22:12 
 25   Killroy very welcome to air his racist views.     skafrican    Sun Jan 11, 2004 22:25 
 26   America Is neither a race or a country     Brian McGee    Mon Jan 12, 2004 00:37 
 27   North America     Precision Man    Mon Jan 12, 2004 00:58 
 28   His masters voice     kokomero    Mon Jan 12, 2004 10:02 
 29   Culture     Maubere    Mon Jan 12, 2004 14:10 
 30   Killing an Arab     kokomero    Mon Jan 12, 2004 19:32 
 31   free speach     ian nolan    Tue Jan 13, 2004 11:02 
 32   KILLJOY Pot calling kettle black..     nadia    Wed Jan 14, 2004 00:48 
 33   "nadia" (cleo?)     CE    Wed Jan 14, 2004 22:48 
 34   On one hand...     jeff    Thu Jan 15, 2004 13:08 
 35   Arabic 101 for anti-Arab morons     kokomero    Thu Jan 15, 2004 15:30 
 36   came on!!     susi    Sun Jan 25, 2004 22:14 


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