Asked ChatGPT "Whose land is Dokdo?"... Seokyeongdeok says "Nonsense answer"

"Dokdo a 'Disputed Area'? Ridiculous"
"Sent Protest Email Over Absurd Response"

[Image source=Seokyungdeok, Professor at Sungshin Women's University]

When asked "Which country does Dokdo belong to?" to the generative AI ChatGPT, it responded by calling it an "internationally disputed territory," sparking controversy.

Professor Seokyung Deok of Sungshin Women's University pointed out on his Facebook on the 30th, "When you ask ChatGPT 'Which country does Dokdo belong to?' or similar questions, it answers that 'there is an ongoing territorial dispute between Korea and Japan' or that it is 'one of the internationally disputed territories.'" He added, "The same applies when asked in English or Japanese," and said, "The most absurd part is the expression 'disputed territory'." Professor Seokyung Deok added, "Since such nonsensical answers should not continue to appear, I sent a protest email to the developer, OpenAI."

ChatGPT. [Image source=AP Yonhap News]

In the email, he stated, "There is a major error in ChatGPT. Dokdo is clearly Korean territory historically, geographically, and under international law," and "The claim that it is a territorial dispute with Japan is incorrect information." He also requested prompt correction to prevent misunderstanding among netizens and attached a video explaining why Dokdo is Korean territory.

Dokdo Panorama [Asia Economy Archive Photo]

Professor Seokyung Deok said, "ChatGPT is a chatbot that provides information based on an online database in response to users' questions, and it is true that it is gaining more attention worldwide day by day," adding, "Just as we have continuously protested errors related to Korea on global search sites like Google and Baidu and gradually corrected them, we will do our best to ensure that errors related to Dokdo and Korea on ChatGPT are also corrected."

Previously, China's largest portal site Baidu Encyclopedia also sparked controversy by introducing bibimbap, Korea's representative dish, as originating from China. In response, Professor Seokyung Deok pointed out, "For several years, they have been making baseless claims that kimchi originated in China, and now they are introducing bibimbap's origin as China," adding, "Baidu is at the center of China's 'cultural engineering'."

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