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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@glyph I wonder whether you would enjoy some of the ethical discussions coming out of Indigenous language revitalization tech. Lotta passionate AI critics who very selectively create and use generative text and text-to-speech tools.
Mar 19 at 4:40amWeb
Show threadSarah dreams of beansMar 19

@glyph This paper ultimately rejects all-purpose LLMs in favour of more targeted text-to-speech tools, so it might not be quite what you are after. But it was written in part for people who are looking for ethical guidance about using AI tools with Indigenous language data, and I think their approach is interesting for other contexts too. Hope it is fun :)

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0885230824001062

(Lead author is a friend, among other entanglements)