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Re:Unauthorized experiment on r/changemyview involving AI-ge... by idle_zealot on Saturday April 26, 2025 @08:04PM (#43808332)
You're missing the obvious: it is the lying that is unethical. Now we're talking about people choosing to use a novel tool to lie en masse. What you're saying is like chastising the horrified onlookers during a firebombing of a city, calling them merely jealous of how much better an arsonist the bomber plane is than any of them.
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Re:Unauthorized experiment on r/changemyview involving AI-ge... by garbagewoman on Sunday April 27, 2025 @12:29AM (#43809435)
Pity that we have no control of the ethics of others then eh. Denying reality doesn’t help anyone
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Re:Unauthorized experiment on r/changemyview involving AI-ge... by sterlind on Sunday April 27, 2025 @01:32AM (#43809667)
the ethics committee of the university is supposed to have control of the ethics of its researchers. remember when a research group tried to backdoor the Linux kernel with poisoned patches? it's absolutely correct to raise hell with the university so they give a more forceful reprimand.
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