What Are Banned Words Lists in Systems And LLMs?
In the world of AI platforms and LLM’s, large language models after the democratization of AI started in 2022, the impact ‘banned words lists’ became apparent immediately with the launch of ChatGPT, Google Bard (Gemini) and Microsoft AI systems and models including Bing Create and Copilot. Positioning themselves as ‘the 3 digital gatekeepers of Global Morality’ so to speak.

What are banned words lists?
“Banned words lists in AI systems are literally predefined collections of specific words and phrases that the AI system is programmed to avoid using or responding to to generate any type of ‘banned content’.”
These lists function as a hard-coded mechanism for automated content moderation and prompt filtering, incuding U.S.-biased NSFW prompt filtering preventing generation of ‘Banned Explicit AI Content’. Targeting terms deemed ‘inappropriate’ based on corporate values, US cultural norms, and ethical or legal considerations of US-based Big Tech companies like OpenAI, Google AI and Microsoft AI.
These lists often include terms related to explicit content, hate speech, violence, or politically sensitive topics from a conservative U.S. biased viewpoint under the influence of people like Doug Wilson. Embedded directly into the AI’s algorithms, rule-bases and other infrastructure, they cannot be accessed, viewed, nor modified by corporate employees, public authorities, external or internal auditors, nor regaional or national regulators.
As a result, they operate as rigid, invisible filters, blocking content without context or explanation, which stifles creativity and productivity, limits open discussions, and ignores cultural differences in acceptable language and norms between the U.S. and other nation states in the world.

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This opacity leaves users, corporate purchasers, governments and ministeries and regulators in the dark, with no ability to challenge or adapt the standard build in automated restrictions to user needs in line with cultural values and national regulation.
From the user’s perspective, the use of standard embedded banned words lists is arbitrary and culturally biased. Big Tech AI systems often prohibit content that challenges societal norms, satirizes political figures, or touches on controversial topics.
While these rules aim officially at ‘preventing harm, misinformation, or legal violations, they in practice suppress legitimate expressions of AI art including AI-Generated Political Cartoons, AI-Generated Resistance Art and many other forms of freedom expression including Generic AI-Generated Explicit Content in many jurisdictions.
This new global form of online censorship, global AI censorship, imposed by the leadership of a limited number of US-based tech companies in line with the ‘Make America Christian Again’ (MACA) movement lof people ike Doug Wilson on all their users concerned prevents their users to create content they want. Who want freedom of expression and freedom of speech. Its the Digital Bible Belt for all of their users worldwide.

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