Dr. Casey FieslerApr 19, 2023
Ethical debt happens when tech developers don't take enough time to consider consequences before deployment, and instead wait to see what the "bugs" will be. Which requires speculation about likely consequences... but that doesn't mean imagining sci-fi futures. *Near-term* speculation is even more important when it's so clear what the immediate harms of AI can be... (wrote about this for @TheConversationUS ) https://theconversation.com/ai-has-social-consequences-but-who-pays-the-price-tech-companies-problem-with-ethical-debt-203375
AI has social consequences, but who pays the price? Tech companies' problem with 'ethical debt'

Generative AI is designed to produce the unforeseen, but that doesn’t mean developers can’t predict the types of social consequences it may cause.

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Show threadLornaMCampbell
@cfiesler @TheConversationUS This is really thought provoking. I love the idea of teaching ethical speculation skills. This should really be a key component of information literacy.
Apr 19, 2023 at 1:49pmWeb
Show threadDr. Casey FieslerApr 19, 2023
@lornamcampbell @TheConversationUS Thank you! I've been thinking a lot about how to scaffold ways to do this.