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The lack of awareness of AI ethics issues by AI practitioners has been an ongoing source of very real problems. On the other hand, I have yet to hear of any harm caused by making AI practitioners think about the implications of their work.
Awareness of human consequences is a necessity in all scientific & engineering disciplines. It's even more important in fields that are "high leverage", where a very small team consisting entirely of engineers can make a big impact. Like CS, and in particular AI.
If your work has "impact", then by definition it is changing the world. You must then ask *how* the world is changing -- in which direction does your impact point? Who benefits and who loses out? Technological impact always has a moral direction.
I should add, the need for ethics awareness arises from the *applications* of AI. If your work is very theoretical, it generally does not have any materialized impact, and its potential impact could go in any direction.
Likewise with regulations -- they should target *applications*, not research or technology in an abstract sense.
Isn't it better to be proactive then to wait for a Chernobyl like incident to happen cause of AI?
except perhaps harm those AI practitioners may themselves cause to others. pedantic maybe but that’s how my scale is weighted
Here is the problem. Individuals, if responsible even just a bit, will always think about the implications. The problem starts when the implementation is for a org that sees it as a huge money making opportunity. Profit will always be the priority in that case
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