As AI’s capabilities expand, so too do concerns about its ethical implications. At the forefront of this debate are AI ethicists, a growing group of experts who advocate for responsible AI development and deployment.

AI ethicists raise a range of concerns, including the potential for AI systems to perpetuate bias and discrimination, the lack of transparency and accountability in AI decision-making, and the risks of AI misuse for surveillance, manipulation, and autonomous warfare. In response to these concerns, many AI ethicists are calling for heavy regulation of AI technologies.

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AI Ethicists Sound the Alarm: What’s Driving Their Call for Heavy Regulation?

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  • CactusOnFire@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    It sounds like you answered your own question.

    I care a lot about AI ethics, but I’m hearing a lot of murmurs that the current wave of US government regulation looks more like pro-trust policy-making as a way of sabotaging open source initiatives.

    Inter-industry regulation (not legal, just union/organization policy) right now seems to show a firm stance against generative AI for art, but since I am not an actor or illustrator, I will withhold commenting on those.

    • gunshoes@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Yeah this is what I keep trying to explain to people. I think AI ethics to be important, but the major wave of apocalyptic AI fear mongering just comes across as regulatory capture. The ethical response is to expand access and get more backgrounds involved, not to leave it up to people in power.

    • LanchestersLaw@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I think it looks like regulatory capture by design. The point of even the most optimistic AI safety regulation is to restrict access, usage, progress, and slow or disable a market-driven dynamic. Any outcome from an honest initiative talking the correct steps will look like regulatory capture to some.

  • Terrible_Button_1763@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    1: Can we have a precise definition of what AI is before we start this again. I’m tired of the working definition of, “AI is whatever scared me last night.”

    2: I agree we should be concerned about new technologies.

    • Melodic_Hair3832@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Can we have a precise definition of what AI

      Thanks, good question. It should keep AI moralists busy for a few decades