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It seems like they did think it through, though? And that's why it's being shelved. I don't really see what the story is here. It seems like the whole process w
by darawk 8y ago
It seems like they did think it through, though? And that's why it's being shelved. I don't really see what the story is here. It seems like the whole process worked exactly as it should - Amazon tried something, it had some unintended consequences, they caught it, and shelved it.
- weliketocode 8y agoAgreed. There is no story here.
- hannasanarion 8y agoThe story is, some ML researchers did their job properly and detected ethical issues before they became a problem. That's more rare than you'd think.
- rrcaptain 8y agoYes. Software engineers taking ethics seriously and not letting technical enthusiasm blind them is news, not normality.
- weliketocode 8y agoI like the counterpoint, but it's not clear that the ML researchers were the ones who pulled the plug on the project.