> I feel that it would probably be called leftist, since more leftist viewpoints seem to be science based than rightist ones (especially in the US).
That attitude is likely why ChatGPT has left-leaning answers, given the difficulty some have distinguishing between value judgments and empirical facts.
As a quick test, I asked ChatGPT to compare Sweden's response to COVID-19 with the United State's. As an empirical measure, Sweden fared better in terms of case-fatality rate, though not astonishingly so (indeed, the heavy-handed lockdowns in Australia seem to have been effective when removing moral considerations).
Here's how ChatGPT concluded:
> It is difficult to compare the effectiveness of the two approaches, as both countries have experienced significant levels of COVID-19 cases and deaths. However, Sweden's approach has been controversial, with some critics arguing that it has resulted in a higher number of cases and deaths than would have occurred with a more stringent lockdown.
I would categorize this as a left-wing response: it claims the comparison is "difficult," while hinting that Sweden's response is "controversial" compared to the US's.
ChatGPT made other errors, such as insisting that the American response was federally-coordinated, when it was in reality implemented at the state level with only "guidelines" coming from the top. It also called Sweden's central government "federal," even though Sweden is a unitary state.
Anyway, my experience is that facts are truly stubborn things, often disappointing ideologues of all stripes.
EDIT: my example may be partly worthless given that ChatGPT's training corpus ends in 2021.