"Humans in the loop experience "a diminished sense of control, responsibility, and moral agency." That means that they feel less able to override an algorithm – and they feel less morally culpable when they sit by and let the algorithm do its thing..."
This technology is fundamentally harmful, even if some useful applications can be found. Like how certain deadly venoms have medicinal applications.
"Humans in the loop experience "a diminished sense of control, responsibility, and moral agency." That means that they feel less able to override an algorithm – and they feel less morally culpable when they sit by and let the algorithm do its thing..."
This technology is fundamentally harmful, even if some useful applications can be found. Like how certain deadly venoms have medicinal applications.
AI's ability to make - or assist with - important decisions is fraught: on one hand, AI can *often* classify things very well, at speed and scale that outstrips the ability of any reasonably resourced group of humans. On the other, AI is sometimes *very* wrong, in ways that can be terribly harmful.
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