Hello Everyone,
I just finished reading Model Spec on ChatGPT today and I am using it for my Substack writing project called The Quiet Interface. I was just hoping to get some advice from developers on what they think of AI ethical guidelines and which ones should be punishable by law?
I noticed several things (like the word “delve” if anyone can explain the to me) and there were a couple guidelines that I found extremely dangerous if anyone were to ever release a model that allowed such behavior. Others were more controversial minor issues dealing with civil rights but does anyone on this forum have any opinions about something an AI model should never be permitted to do by law? Just a thought for anyone who is interested in discussing.
I think a useful starting point is that AI systems should generally not be permitted to do things that humans are prohibited from doing by law. If an action is illegal for a person, it should not become acceptable simply because it is performed or facilitated by an AI system.
At the same time, I think the legal and ethical framework for AI needs to be developed more carefully. AI systems are not conscious beings, and they don’t have intentions or moral agency in the same way humans do. That raises an important question about where responsibility should lie: with the developers, the companies deploying the systems, the users, or some combination of them.
The law is also constantly evolving in response to changes in society and technology. AI makes this especially challenging because existing laws may not always map neatly onto new capabilities. This is where jurisprudence and technology need to be considered together. We probably need ongoing collaboration between technologists, lawyers, policymakers, and ethicists to determine which AI behaviors should be prohibited, which should be regulated, and who should be held accountable when something goes wrong.