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In AI ethics, "bad" isn't good enough (Amanda Askell's Blog)

Amanda Askell · 14 Dec 2020

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  1. So it's a mistake to assume that if we identify a pro tanto harm from an AI system, it must be the case that someone has done something wrong, something needs to be done to correct it, or the system shouldn't be deployed.
  2. Since we can't be certain about any one moral theory and since we have to try to represent a plurality of views, coming to all things considered judgments in AI ethics will often require a fairly complex evaluation of many relevant factors.

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