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> Our work has important societal and ethical implications, which we outline in the Discussion as well as in Methods, Sec. 4.1, and SI: Model Card. Maybe those
by p-e-w 3y ago
> Our work has important societal and ethical implications, which we outline in the Discussion as well as in Methods, Sec. 4.1, and SI: Model Card.
Maybe those ethical implications should have led to the decision not to pursue this avenue of research at all, or not to publish the results.
These "ethics disclaimers" are so stupid. It's as if scientists believe that they can somehow free themselves from moral responsibility by waxing philosophical about the ethical implications of their research in an appendix.
That's not how it works, folks. By choosing to publish, you have already incurred shared responsibility for whatever is built upon your work. Claiming that you have "considered" this means Jack Shit.
- junofan 3y agoStrange to see these ideas on a site called “Hacker News” given the “hacker ethic” is to make information available to all: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_ethic https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_ethic
- p-e-w 3y agoLike other vague, vogue philosophical concepts, the Hacker Ethic is many things to many people. To me, "every avenue of research must be pursued at any human cost, and ethics are at best an afterthought" has nothing to do with being a Hacker.