Mastodawn

May 25, 2025

I’m officially done with takes on AI beginning “Ethical concerns aside…”.

No! Stop right there.

Ethical concerns front and center. First thing. Let’s get this out of the way and then see if thre is anything left worth talking about.

Ethics is the formalisation of how we are treating one another as human beings and how we relate to the world around us.

It is *impossible* to put ethics aside.

What you mean is “I don’t want to apologise for my greed and selfishness.”

Say that first.

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Brian Dear May 25, 2025

@janl

THIS is why I say I don’t hate #AI per se, but I DO hate AI *companies* and investors, because *their* ethics are *nonexistent*.

And that imho should disqualify them from working on and selling AI systems to the world. I want no part of their goods or services because those people cannot be trusted.

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Epic_Null

Most AI companies have been showing these colors long before AI. For example: Microsoft.

Which is to say if we want morals to matter, we need to be consistent.

If this doesn't sound like a counter argument, that's because it isn't.