MSFT lays off its responsible AI team
The thing that strikes me most about this story from @zoeschiffer and @caseynewton is the way in which the MSFT execs describe the urgency to move "AI models into the hands of customers"
https://www.platformer.news/p/microsoft-just-laid-off-one-of-its
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The thing that strikes me most about this story from @zoeschiffer and @caseynewton is the way in which the MSFT execs describe the urgency to move "AI models into the hands of customers"
https://www.platformer.news/p/microsoft-just-laid-off-one-of-its
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Microsoft just laid off one of its responsible AI teams
As the company accelerates its push into AI products, the ethics and society team is goneZoë Schiffer (Platformer)
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Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)
•It is very telling that when push comes to shove, despite having attracted some very talented, thoughtful, proactive, researchers, the tech cos decide they're better off without ethics/responsible AI teams.
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Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)
•I have to believe there is value in calling out #AIhype when we see it, in declining to participate in the #AIhype, and in advocating for regulation.
And those who are making buck off of this will try to tell us: You can't regulate this --- that will stifle progress!
To which I ask: Progress towards what, exactly?
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Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)
•But (channeling Ryan Calo here): The point of regulation isn't to micromanage specific technologies but rather to establish and protect rights. And those are enduring.
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Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)
•At the very least, we should be working to educate those around us not to fall for the hype---to never accept "AI" medical advice, legal advice, psychotherapy, etc.
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Adrian Cochrane
•Try to keep a balanced view, assessing where it fills an actual need & where it's just hype.
Ignore anyone who worries about you getting left behind, they don't know what they're talking about!