I’m working on an AI policy for my org that allows us to opt out of AI note taking and prohibits AI in our comms/storytelling. here is my list of reasons for the policy, but my board is asking me to cite sources. Can you help me with any good references you would cite for any of these? (Or an edit or restatement where I’ve gotten it wrong or inaccurate?)
*if you want to argue about why I shouldn’t have this policy kindly crawl into a hole in the ground and cover yourself with soil
The endnotes in our book are full of sources:
https://thecon.ai
Also, not sure what you mean by sources people might know of, but ... our book is a source!
@emilymbender
Thank you! I just thought people might reference recent stories or reports that back the specific points I was making. I am also adding your book and a few others from https://monetdiaz.com/books-critical-AI.html
@seachanger @emilymbender @sarae
Not quite at my fingertips right now and I'll go have a look, but the consulting firm Deloitte is a "case study as a dire warning", as is Air Canada - both were held to be liable and had to reimburse clients for letting AI fuckups into their official products or communications.
@seachanger @emilymbender @sarae
Boards are usually much more receptive to "well, this is a risk that could get your own ass handed to you in court, minus any cash you had in your back pocket" than they are to "this is a highly problematic tool that is deceptively easy to misuse badly" because everyone thinks everyone else who got in trouble was just not as smart as they are.
@johannab @seachanger @emilymbender @sarae
Just to elaborate on that excellent point:
1. You may be held legally liable for things these tools do that you have no way of controlling.
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@johannab @seachanger @emilymbender @sarae
2. Right now all these companies are operating at extravagant losses in order to entice you to use their products. Once you are dependent on them, they plan to recover their investment by jacking up prices and operating as monopolies. Don’t forget to factor that into your cost/benefit analysis.
The reasons you list are more important ones, but cost and liability may get their attention.
@seachanger
not too tough to find, even:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/air-canada-chatbot-lawsuit-1.7116416
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Sara
Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)
Johanna, CanCon variety
David McMullin