Last week I was reminded by Boris Kehr to watch an episode of Philosophy Tube, as it hade been recommended by Pontus Wärnestål as part of his AI track on Ambition Empower.
The episode in question is named "Here's What Ethical AI Really Means". The image you see attached to this post is a mindmap I sketched while watching the episode.
The video delves into many of the topics I cover in the Elements of AI Ethics, (such as Invisible Decision-Making, Supply Chain Neglect, Content Moderator Trauma and Obscured data theft), but with flair, entertainment and perfect references to great thinkers and philosophers. And often with insightful twists and metaphorical examples related to greater societal issues of working conditions and fairness.
I will likely also be adding to my diagram after this. Most notably the topic of Digital Epidermalization deserves more acknowledgement. I also believe Fairwashing isn't talked about enough.
• Video link, Ethical AI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaU6tI2pb3M
Philosophy Tube is a video series produced by philosopher Abigail Thorn. She started doing free videos in 2013, in response to the 2012 increase in university tuition fees in England.
I discovered her channel in 2020 when a student of mine shared Abigail's video on Data Privacy.
• Video link, Data: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCUTX1jurJ4
The production quality of Thorn's work has consistently just blown me away, explaining complex issues in an accessible fashion, with magnificent costumes and scenes. For a while I was a supporter of hers on Patreon, but lost touch with that platform and sadly lost my reminders to watch Thorn's videos. This made Boris' reminder extra valuable to me.
I'm just now about again to sign up to support her work, but this time right on the Nebula platform.
With this post I hope to encourage more people to discover Thorn's valuable contributions to our shared knowledge space, and to actively support her with a subscription, which is just $2.50 per month for an annual payment using this link: https://go.nebula.tv/philosophytube
Or just $300 for a lifetime membership. 😊