Jade talking to Lê Nguyên Hoang about ethics and machine learning.
The discussion at the end, starting at 9 mins, about how society uses machine learning is really interesting, because it actually answers the problem originally posed, which is just the same question, but in the wider context of all technological developments, including the development of steam locomotives. This event was actually quite contentious, though you don't hear much about it these days. There were a lot of people who opposed the introduction of railway lines, and some of their arguments sounded a bit dubious. Some people claimed that the human body would be torn apart at such velocities. Well, in the event of a crash, that's precisely what happens, and not just to the people who are on the tracks! This situation, presented as a moral dilemma, is just stupid. It's like Sophie's Choice: The immoral decision has already been taken, and then someone is asked how to resolve a "moral dilemma" which results from the earlier immoral decision. That has absolutely fuck all to do with ethics or morality, people! It's the study of unethical immorality, and that field knows no boundaries!
See this excellent lecture by Hannah Fry on her book about algorithms, callled Hello World: How to be Human in the Age of the Machine
And here's Lori, who thinks that programming arousal into the algorithms, is weird, or sexy, or something, which I think is definitely weird, ... and sexy, kind of! 😂❤️💓💕
The discussion at the end, starting at 9 mins, about how society uses machine learning is really interesting, because it actually answers the problem originally posed, which is just the same question, but in the wider context of all technological developments, including the development of steam locomotives. This event was actually quite contentious, though you don't hear much about it these days. There were a lot of people who opposed the introduction of railway lines, and some of their arguments sounded a bit dubious. Some people claimed that the human body would be torn apart at such velocities. Well, in the event of a crash, that's precisely what happens, and not just to the people who are on the tracks! This situation, presented as a moral dilemma, is just stupid. It's like Sophie's Choice: The immoral decision has already been taken, and then someone is asked how to resolve a "moral dilemma" which results from the earlier immoral decision. That has absolutely fuck all to do with ethics or morality, people! It's the study of unethical immorality, and that field knows no boundaries!
See this excellent lecture by Hannah Fry on her book about algorithms, callled Hello World: How to be Human in the Age of the Machine
And here's Lori, who thinks that programming arousal into the algorithms, is weird, or sexy, or something, which I think is definitely weird, ... and sexy, kind of! 😂❤️💓💕
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