IS “RESPONSIBLE AI” ANOTHER OXYMORON? The New Tech Culture and Economic Irresponsibility | by Greg Daneke, Emeritus Prof. | Medium

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IS “RESPONSIBLE AI” ANOTHER OXYMORON? The New Tech Culture and Economic Irresponsibility
“That means you can aggregate responsibility: ‘It’s not me that’s the problem. It’s the tool. It’s super-powerful. We don’t know what it’s going to do.’ Well, no — it’s you that’s the problem. You’re building something with certain characteristics for your profit. That’s extremely distracting, and it takes the attention away from real harms and things that we need to do. Right now.” Timnit Gebru
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May 24, 2023
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“… the American public seems to appreciate that what we thought was disruption worked more like extraction — of our data, our attention, our time, our creativity, our content, our DNA, our homes, our cities, our relationships. The tech visionaries’ predictions did not usher us into the future, but rather a future where they are kings.” Nitasha Tiku“Hitherto these fears focused on machines using physical means to kill, enslave or replace people. But over the past couple of years…
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Written by Greg Daneke, Emeritus Prof.
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