# Does ChatGTP diss your American city?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 12, 2026, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-chatgtp-diss-your-american-city/1027627 "2026-02-12T20:46:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2026, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-chatgtp-diss-your-american-city/1027627/1 "2026-02-12T20:46:46Z")

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Some researchers used ChatGTP to suss out which states and cities had the laziest, most uptight, least honest people by comparing places two at a time. Though this reflects many biases and is extremely unlikely to be accurate, why not put the cat among the pigeons and see what it thinks of your American city, according to this giftlinked Washington Post article?

[https://wapo.st/4bMoWqk](https://wapo.st/4bMoWqk)

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**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2026, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-chatgtp-diss-your-american-city/1027627/2 "2026-02-12T20:47:46Z")

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Same article, normal link.

## [Are people in Pittsburgh more dull than folks in other cities? ChatGPT thinks so.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2026/see-chatgpts-hidden-bias-about-your-state-or-city/?itid=hp-mv-top-stories_top-table-main_p001_f007)

[Researchers uncovered hidden biases in ChatGPT’s assessment of people from different places. See how the chatbot ranked your city, state or country.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2026/see-chatgpts-hidden-bias-about-your-state-or-city/)

[https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2026/see-chatgpts-hidden-bias-about-your-state-or-city/](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2026/see-chatgpts-hidden-bias-about-your-state-or-city/)

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**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-chatgtp-diss-your-american-city/1027627/3 "2026-02-13T16:35:38Z")

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Paywalled unless you create a free account.

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**Author:** ![xtenkfarpl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c2a13f/32.png) [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-chatgtp-diss-your-american-city/1027627/4 "2026-02-13T17:40:33Z")

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> [@Dr\_Paprika](#):
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> Some researchers used ChatGTP to suss out which states and cities had the laziest, most uptight, least honest people by comparing places two at a time.

I wonder how much of a hint they were giving it by the wording of the question? These LLM models seem very sensitive to that sort of thing. They are tuned to telling you what you seem to want to hear….

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**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-chatgtp-diss-your-american-city/1027627/5 "2026-02-23T00:51:10Z")

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[https://archive.ph/TCrmY](https://archive.ph/TCrmY)

Though some parts may be be different.

Or if you’re up to reading a journal article:  
[https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/29768624251408919](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/29768624251408919)