GoKawiilAI Will Never Be Ethical or Safe
AI will never be entirely ethical or safe.
The reason is so fundamental that it doesn’t need a precise (and non-trivial) definition of “ethical” and “safe.”
The reason is this:
Both ethical and safe conduct depend on context and intent.
The Fine Lines of Ethics and Safety
We can demonstrate this if we can think of scenarios in which context or intent can make something ethical unethical, or something safe unsafe.
For example, prompting “how to pull oxygen out of a room“ changes meaning if the room has people in it. The context matters.
Learning how to use a firearm, in turn, is a good example of where intent is everything. Is this to acquire a hunting license, for self-defense, to prepare for military service, or to kill a neighbor?
The True Issue: Context and Intent Cannot Be Known
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