We're accumulating ethical debt with AI just like we accumulated technical debt with software.

Everyone's rushing to deploy for ROI: "We'll add the ethics layer later."

Sound familiar?
It's the seatbelt problem - cars had engines from day one, but we only added seatbelts after people started dying.

Don't wait for the crashes.

#AI #EthicalDebt #Technical Debt

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We're accumulating ethical debt with AI just like we accumulated technical debt with software.

Everyone's rushing to deploy for ROI: "We'll add the ethics layer later."

Sound familiar?
It's the seatbelt problem - cars had engines from day one, but we only added seatbelts after people started dying.

Don't wait for the crashes.

#AI #EthicalDebt #Technical Debt

If you found this useful, a repost ♻️ makes my heart happy. And a subscription to my newsletter makes my day. https://decision.substack.com

While I fully agree with the points this article on #EthicalDebt raises, that term isn't entirely fitting.

#TechnicalDebt refers to bugs, reduced performance, and other shortcomings due to skipping corners in software development.

Hardening software against abuse should be a deliberate practice that's part of #DefensiveDesign, where developers ensure that IF things go wrong, they do so in the quickest, least painful, and most informative way possible.