Ethics is a trend. It's whatever is trendy to say or think at the moment. A set of arbitrary unenforceable rules to shame practices that is decided by whoever

Ethics is a trend. It's whatever is trendy to say or think at the moment. A set of arbitrary unenforceable rules to shame practices that is decided by whoever convinced other ethicist to grant him a PhD. Of course, all that is done without going through the rigor of making these practices illegal. That would have a real impact. And require real work. > The section on automation seems deeply confused It makes no sense at all. The author claims to be technical but honestly it reads as something someone who never programmed anything would write. Just knowing the "jargon" and trying to sound like they are more knowledgeable than they are. I noticed "Ethics of X" is generally a great field for those who can't cut it in field X. See the "Ethics of AI crowd as an example", that seems to be mostly made of "tech adjacent" folks. Probably the best example here [0]. > make a developer ethically liable for anything anyone does with their code That's plain nonsense. [0] https://syncedreview.com/2020/06/30/yann-lecun-quits-twitter-amid-acrimonious-exchanges-on-ai-bias/ https://syncedreview.com/2020/06/30/yann-lecun-quits-twitter...