Episode 23: AI Hell Freezes Over, December 22 2023
Jan 10, 2024
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Pentagon's movement towards allowing AI weapons to autonomously kill humans, conflict of interest and legal troubles for Tesla, the paradoxical nature of generative AI, concerns and opportunities in AI partnerships, AI-generated images, self-driving cars, mistreatment of workers, and testing language models, and using sequences of life events to predict human lives.
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Quick takeaways
The UK judicial office allows judges to use AI tools, including chat GPT, in legal rulings.
Lawyers using chat GPT for legal work have faced consequences for generating documents with fake citations and misleading information.
Researchers in Denmark have developed an ethics-raising framework using registry data to predict human life outcomes.
AI tools generating news articles and images raise concerns about credibility, false information, and job displacements.
Deep dives
Using AI to Decide Legal Rulings
The UK judicial office has issued guidance allowing judges to use AI tools, including chat GPT, to write legal rulings and perform other tasks.
AI Misuse in Legal Work
Lawyers using chat GPT for legal work have been fired or fined for generating documents with fake citations and misleading information.
Ethical Concerns in AI Life Predictions
Researchers in Denmark have developed a framework using comprehensive registry data to predict diverse human life outcomes, raising ethical concerns about privacy and determinism.
AI in Journalism: Credibility Concerns
AI tools are being used to generate news articles and images, leading to concerns about credibility, false information, and human job displacements.
Controversial AI Practices in Legal System
Controversial uses of AI in the legal system include allowing robot taxis and AI-generated ordinances, which raise questions about accountability and transparency.
AI-generated Images of Sensitive Content
Adobe Stock has come under scrutiny for selling AI-generated images of sensitive topics like war conflicts, highlighting concerns about the spread of fabricated imagery.
AI Misinformation and Unethical Use in Research
Researchers misrepresenting their AI models, unethical training data, and misapplication of AI in research have raised concerns about the credibility and ethical practices in the field.