#SV
– Vad gjorde du första dagen på semestern Per?
– Jag skrev replik på en debattartikel i SvD.
– Om vadå?
– [tyst en stund…] Ahem. AI.
Nu ligger den på nätet.
"Det är inte skrivet i sten att AI:s fördelar kommer överträffa nackdelarna. Det är därför regleringar behövs, för att säkerställa en riktning som mildrar skada och skapar nytta för flertalet, inte fåtalet, skriver Per Axbom i en replik."
https://www.svd.se/a/dwQEkA/per-axbom-reglering-av-ai-ar-ett-maste
#AiEtik #DigitalEtik #DigitalOmtanke
Tagged: Akkoma
The way I can actually edit my posts here, change wording, add links, update images, etceteras, puts me in control of my social media / microblog in the same way that I am in control of my regular blog.
This truly feels like the way it should always have been.
(I am aware that my changes may not propagate to all servers in the fediverse, but I am at least in control over my own ”original”)
#Fediverse
@pauldaoust
To be fair that is more of an intentionally provocative number, as OpenAI won't disclose energy use. There are estimates claiming that one ChatGPT query costs (in money) 100x more than a Google search, or consumes 10x as much energy. And one ChatGPT session, to get the response you want, can be estimated at 10 prompts.
But in the end there are many examples of things that can be done in more environmentally friendly ways. For example, writing a speech for a wedding. There's a lof of that going around now. Another way to write a speech for a wedding is pen and paper, and from the heart 😊
More on carbon costs here:
https://axbom.com/aielements/#carbon-costs
@Cleopatra
I understand what you mean, with a caveat: how would you use it without harming those who were already harmed during the development of the AI?
I agree that AI is not intrinsically bad (it *is* a tool), but the examples we are seeing today of how they are manufactured in dangerous ways and designed to mislead contributes to negative impact. This means that you can't dismiss harms by saying that it's *just* a tool.
@brooklynman From having to think… 😬
The EU AI Act addresses high-risk AI.
Consider an AI that assists someone who is visually impaired by describing what is in front if them (by taking a picture or using a live feed from ”smart glasses”).
This can be lifechanging. But also, when deployed using a model like GPT-4 that often gets things wrong, extremely dangerous.
As the Wired article points out: ”If an AI gets a description wrong by misidentifying medication, for example, it could have life-threatening consequences.”
The tool may not, just like ChatGPT, disclose level of certainty to help the user make an informed decision based on the output,
The million-dollar question is this: would an image-to-audio description tool be categorized as high-risk?
https://www.wired.com/story/ai-gpt4-could-change-how-blind-people-see-the-world/
#AiEthics
@brooklynman
Yeah I agree with your point. I’d say my main concern is that the statement itself removes accountability and consideration for the bigger picture effects. Saying something is just a tool creates the faulty mental model of all tools having interchangeable qualities frrom an ethical perspective, which simply isn’t true.
Which is just me repeating what you just said. 😂
The word to watch out for is ”just”. If we instead said ”it’s a tool” that would make more sense. The word ”just” is there to shed accountability.
I’m considering how the technocratic belief that AI will save us all is related to a defense mechanism wherein one avoids acknowledging the harm technology has also contributed to.
It is easier to double down on a future where technology turns out to be the savior after all, rather than face a reality where you have to deal with harms done by something you have been promoting as a force for good all along,
@rm4
Thanks, yeah Soapbox is mentioned and linked in the blog post. There are quite a few that aren't in the infographic but are mentioned in the blog post. Fitting them all in the diagram would make it overly complicated I believe.
Not even the software I'm using myself (Akkoma) is in the diagram. I don't use Mastodon.
If a service becomes especially relevant to add to the infographic due to sudden growth or media coverage I'll consider adding it to the infographic. But I always welcome new ones that can be added to the associated blog post.
https://axbom.com/fediverse/
@samuel @konstellationen
Skriver ju mycket om digital etik och ansvarsfull innovation. Dock 85% på engelska. 😊
The way that you delete your Threads account is that you also delete your Instagram account. Quite unclear whether these two services will split or get even more integrated in the future…
https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/06/threads-delete-profile-instagram-meta/
Trying to figure out if my phone has made me forget more things than it has helped me remember…
Hold that thought, I just got a message.
@iamlayer8 @vincent @emilymbender
+1 for Pocket Casts. I also use filters to group different podcasts. This also means I can have two different filters with the same podcast in them.
https://blog.pocketcasts.com/2019/09/24/filters/
How harmful does something need to be for people to stop using it? How much do you yourself need to benefit to choose to ignore the harm done to others?
These are not always easy questions, but I think its beneficial to your own (and others'!) wellbeing to reflect on them…
https://axbom.com/ignoring-harm/
This is a great walkthrough of the ways generative AI is stealing (and storing!) content. And placing clear efforts on stealing (removing watermarks for example).
Long read, 3 parts. Entertaining and maddening. Lots of reference links.
With the ongoing lawsuit against OpenAI it’s good to boost awareness.
https://johancb.substack.com/p/sam-altman-and-the-sorcerers-stone
#DigitalEthics #AiEthics
Some tasks that are being handed over to automation should arguably never have been tasks in the first place. Or should at least be revised regularly. But instead of questioning and reinventing tasks, many will now be automated to run perpetually. And with no human involved, why would someone then question its validity?
I believe this is part of the non-intuitive aspect of AI and automation, that it will actually in many instances resist change rather than encourage it.
People will forget why that machine is running and worry that cutting its power will break something.
When, in fact, it might *free* something.
https://axbom.com/automation-change/
#AiEthics #DigitalEthics
Your regular reminder that tech should work FOR YOU, sure, but *also* not against those who are already underserved.
En del svårsmälta sommarprat hittills...
Av de fem jag lyssnat på hittills gillar jag Jessie Sommarströms mest, tätt följd av Axel Gordh Humlesjö - som var något av det svåraste jag lyssnat på.
Jag gör en ansats att lyssna på alla och betygsätta för mig själv. Hjälper mig att förstå vad jag värderar. Och kanske vågar jag utforska varför.
#sommar #SommariP1
FYI. If you have a micro.blog account you can import your Twitter archive there, giving you online access to all your tweets (videos not included).
https://help.micro.blog/t/importing-tweets/1677