GlyphMar 18

Back in January I was looking around for some positive "pro-AI" analysis of the ethics of the problem <https://mastodon.social/@glyph/115908558259725802> and it looks like I finally got what I wanted: <https://types.pl/@wilbowma/116247527449271232>

I definitely don't think I'm fully convinced, but there's more than enough here to sit with for a while and consider. It's such a relief that someone is taking the ethical question *seriously* though.

William J. Bowman🇨🇦 (@[email protected])

I think if I spend any more time on this, I'll risk doing more harm than good: new blog post on "AI" and ethics. https://www.williamjbowman.com/blog/2026/03/13/against-vibes-part-2-ought-you-use-a-generative-model/

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There is no ethical imperative to not use a generative model; that depends on whether the particular use will cause harm or not.
There is an ethical imperative to deny “AI” (the industry) power.
So how does one deny “AI” power? Well if I knew that, I assure you we wouldn’t be in this mess. But I can tell you some actions I’m taking.

Apparently, I need to formalize my ethical framework before I can fully respond, but I did like the second part of this.

I don't think this massive effort post properly considers how and why the systems powering these models were built, the human exploitation and other the borderline illegal behavior.

Mar 19 at 1:56amWeb