"AI" ethics is a loaded phrase
An MLM can not be evil; only the company creating it can, because models have no intent
And there is an overwhelming amount of evidence that these companies will prioritize them getting first mover advantage over literally the planet and every person on it
It is realistic we could slow down, and build chips that do this type of work with less energy. But doing that would mean Google,OpenAI,etc can't use their exclusive access to chips for rushing to the market