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1. only certain types of companies will hire AI ethicists in the first place 2. only specific types of people will be interested in those positions 3. disagre
by jstx1 4y ago
1. only certain types of companies will hire AI ethicists in the first place
2. only specific types of people will be interested in those positions
3. disagreements are likely to arise given the nature of the work and the problems these companies work on, much more likely compared to other positions
4. once someone is terminated you're likely to hear about it because of the high profile of the company, because it's about AI and ethics, and maybe also because these jobs attract the kind of person who is more likely to go public about their own termination
It's a bunch of selection effects stacked on top of each other.
- masukomi 4y agoor to put it another way anyone who cares about ethics enough to take a job doing it is likely working at a large company whose corporate goals are directly opposed to the ethical limitations of AI because, right now, AIs tend to be biased as !@#$ and it's a bad idea to use them for anything that could have consequences on someone's life, but if you don't use them, then the company doesn't profit, and if you're standing in the way of company profit, you're not going to be in your job long. [edit: Holy run-on sentences Batman!]