Re:Ask HN: Do you feel scummy making AI products?
by owalerys on Wednesday March 27, 2024 @01:41PM
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Bezos actively advocates for riding the wave of trends in his Lex Fridman interview. I think if you can leverage external factors to get traction and act as a tailwind for your work, then why not take advantage of that?
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Re:Ask HN: Do you feel scummy making AI products?
by seabass-labrax on Wednesday March 27, 2024 @02:11PM
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That sounds like a 'end justifies the means' sort of argument; certainly one that explains a lot of Jeff Bezos's business choices, but a rather objectionable stance ethically.
If parent poster considers the general development or use of AI to be in any way harmful, then riding the hype train to fund/promote worthy goals doesn't absolve them of culpability under conventionally-held morality! However, if parent simply considers AI to be morally neutral, no harm is caused by profiting from it, whether for altruistic purposes or selfish ones.