Ethics in the Age of AI
We know that AI increases productivity, but at what cost? With Nvidia's market cap soaring into the trillions and Apple partnering up with OpenAI to embed ChatGPT into their latest iPhones, it’s safe to say AI is taking over the world. But amidst this technological gold rush, I can’t help but notice that the ethics of developing these models often get shoved onto the back burner. Take Amazon, for example: They had a hiring tool powered by an AI model designed to select the best candidates. Sounds highly productive, right? Well, it favored male applicants due to the skewed dataset it was trained on. Sure, these models can learn and improve over time with reinforcement, but here’s my question: how long will that take? The output of these models are only as good as their inputs. I’m no AI expert, but I am a pretty sharp observer and I believe that big tech companies need to strike a balance between raking in the profits and ensuring fairness. Especially...