a few bits from Janelle Shane’s You Look Like a Thing and I Love You “Researchers have discovered that something as seemingly insignificant a a small sticker can make an image recognition AI think a gun is a toaster …” p4 And vice versa, I presume. Well, that’s not alarming at all. “A team at …
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Apr 28 2026
“What Does it Mean to Work Under Algorithmic Eyes?”
What Does it Mean to Work Under Algorithmic Eyes? ” “We should not take computer scientists at their word that the paradigms for human emotions they have developed… can produce ground truth about human emotions.” Part of the reason is that machines are biased. Women, older employees, neurodiverse workers, and people of color are far …
Apr 02 2026
Who’s ethically responsible for an AI’s behavior?
Excellent question. One I’ve thought about (as a philosopher and an ex-ethics consultant) and raised here. One might suggest that an AI is like a gun, and ‘we’ve’ always argued that those who create guns and bombs should not be held responsible for how they’re used. Not sure about that, but regardless, an important difference …
Mar 03 2026
Claude’s Constitution
https://www.anthropic.com/constitution I’m half way through and just can’t … To this point, I have two questions: 1. Have any of the authors prepared a comparable constitution for their own child/ren? If not, why not? If so, could I read it? 2. Have any of the authors taken just ONE philosophy course in Ethics?
Mar 02 2026
Non-Experts are Training AI
https://www.darioamodei.com/essay/the-adolescence-of-technology The really scarey thing is that those who are training AI have themselves no training in training. No Education degree. Let alone a Psychology degree and a Philosophy degree. And they’re juggling concepts like autonomy and morality? WTF?! And considering the range of applications (unlimited), it’s alarming that they have no Humanities knowledge. Nor …
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