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I think a lot of the recent focus on "AI ethics" is just self-aggrandizement. I also think a lot of people here are overestimating how broad the agreement is o
by creato 6y ago
I think a lot of the recent focus on "AI ethics" is just self-aggrandizement.
I also think a lot of people here are overestimating how broad the agreement is on what is ethical and what is not (and thus what would be prevented from happening under such a "Hippocratic Oath").
Examples being: Microsoft/GitHub's work with ICE, Google's China search engine, use of AI in military applications
I personally have a strong opinion on some of those, but I'm not delusional enough to think that there are no competent software engineers that disagree with me.
- throwaways885 6y agoFor each of those examples, there are also positive social justice arguments if you look at them in different directions: - Microsoft/GitHub's work with ICE [prevents illegal migration, saving those workers from a life of wage slavery] - Google's China search engine [gives more information than otherwise would've been available] - use of AI in military applications [can save lives by no longer bombing civilians where it can be avoided]