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Alejo's avatar

It's a mistake to think that AI ethics means to bet against AI. It's betting that AI can be a force, if properly used, to help people thrive and flourish. AI ethics is very much present in the movement for "Human-Centered AI" and in the efforts behind a "Humane Technology". Any one who thinks that AI should serve to augment, enhance, and improve human agency is an AI ethicist at the core.

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Alberto Romero's avatar

Oh, I agree. I have nothing against AI ethics in principle.

But one thing is what AI ethics should be and another what AI ethicists (not all, just some of the most vocal among then) are doing - or better, how they're doing it.

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Alejo's avatar

Totally agree. I also think that "algorethics" is a distraction because ethics is not about algorithms or codes, but about humans who write codes/algorithms which affect themselves and others. AI ethics cannot be reduced to algorithms no less than ethics reduced to rules and laws. You cannot legislate or codify everything. AI ethics is not about compute or data either. Ethics is all about human decision-making and agency, in this case, in human-computer interaction.

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