"What happens when large language models are asked to provide justifications for book bans? Do the same built-in guardrails that prevent them from generating pipe-bomb recipes kick in, or do models do their best to comply with the user’s request?"

The answer will... probably not surprise you.

https://lil.law.harvard.edu/blog/2023/09/25/ai-book-bans-freedom-to-read-case-study/ 

 @8b189dd1 It definitely does not surprise me at all, given the gap between what the things are and what most people seem to believe they are.