Talk:Ethics of artificial intelligence

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Challenges vs risks

Latest comment: 1 year ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Is there any justification for describing the (negative) risks of AI as "challenges"? Crossing the road on foot puts you at risk of being hit by a car. Taking a medicine prescribed to you by a doctor puts you at risk of side effects. These are risks, not challenges. The use of "challenge" here sounds very much like WP:SOAP. Boud (talk) 13:23, 23 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Copyright and other issues related to the source material of LLM:s and other such systems based on large datasets

Latest comment: 1 year ago3 comments2 people in discussion

Should a chapter conserning copyright and other issues with the ownership and value of the source data of AI models based on large data sets be added? It is not a traditional topic of AI ethics but is very relevant to the current wave of generative AI.

Certainly this topic has raised a lot of discussion, and for a reason. This wave of generative AI has been lauded as revolutionary and gained a ton of investments, but the invaluable source material has been collected in somewhat controversial ways, at least in the eyes of some people. 176.72.38.230 (talk) 16:17, 12 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

@176.72.38.230 That would be a matter of finding reliable secondary sources (see WP:RS) to support such a section. Keep in mind that RS discussion of copyright legal issues would not necessarily support a section here relating to the ethics of AI. WeyerStudentOfAgrippa (talk) 18:53, 12 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

@WeyerStudentOfAgrippa Yes, you're right about sourcing. However, copyright and other issues conserning the ownership and value of training data are not solely legal issues. Theft, for example is a legal concept, but also ethical. Most consider it is unethical to steal. Theft is illegal because it is unethical! That is why I specifically wrote: "and other issues concerning the ownership of the source data".

I believe many people have strong feelings about the current way of gathering data for generative AI not because they think it is illegal but because they feel it's morally wrong. The discussion however often revolves around the legal side because those people are trying to campaign for what they feel is moral, and in our society you have to argue via law.

But I do not have time for finding sources and writing proper wikipedia text just now. I just wanted to throw this idea here. Wouldn't sources that show that a remarkable amount of people think there is something unethical in the way of collecting source data for AI be enough to show that this is an ethical consern with AI? 176.72.38.230 (talk) 19:07, 12 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

AI's "influence" in the arts and literature domains deserves to be discussed a bit more?

Latest comment: 8 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

Arts and entertainment professionals are susceptible to being replaced by AI models more than most others. There is a possibility of having an entire section dedicated to this with current examples from pop culture (media, advertising, entertainment, cinema, literature). Gaia1811 (talk) 17:39, 4 December 2024 (UTC)Reply

It's a great idea and you should do it. It's a matter of pulling together good sources, but I would think there's good sources on this. JArthur1984 (talk) 17:53, 4 December 2024 (UTC)Reply

Climate emergency

Latest comment: 8 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Where do we have coverage of the relation between LLM development and acceleration of the climate emergency via increased water and energy usage? Boud (talk) 15:55, 5 December 2024 (UTC)Reply

Wiki Education assignment: Informed Citizenship

Latest comment: 3 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

  This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 30 January 2025 and 23 May 2025. Further details are available on the course page. Peer reviewers: Rominatrejo.

— Assignment last updated by Sadferret (talk) 18:37, 22 May 2025 (UTC)Reply

"Role and impact of fiction" section

Latest comment: 3 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

This section is almost entirely WP:SYNTH\WP:OR of arbitrary examples of where AI ethics might appear in a show or bookr or something, but rarely sourced to indicate actual notabiltity beyond a citation for the content of a particular episode. Lots of trimming (perhaps removal) needed. --ZimZalaBim ^talk 20:33, 22 May 2025 (UTC)Reply

Suggestion: Addition of open-access corpus on applied AI ethics (LEA – Human-AI Channel)

Latest comment: 10 hours ago4 comments3 people in discussion

Hello,

I am a contributor to the “LEA – Applied Ethical Logic and Human-AI Symbiotic Channel” corpus, recently published on Zenodo (see: https://zenodo.org/records/16987507). In line with Wikipedia’s conflict of interest policy, I am not editing the article directly, but I would like to suggest this open-access corpus as a potential source for consideration by independent editors.

The corpus is publicly available and focuses on applied ethical logic, symbolic reasoning, and collaborative co-caring between humans and AI. It may be a valuable addition to sections discussing ethical AI training resources and the development of responsible AI systems.

I leave it to the discretion of independent editors to determine whether referencing or including this source is appropriate.

Thank you for your attention.

— Manuel Barrera Anglada Manuel Barrera Anglada (talk) 22:59, 28 August 2025 (UTC)Reply

Can you cite a secondary source for this? There isn't much we can do with a preprint off Zenodo, see WP:ZENODO. MrOllie (talk) 23:06, 28 August 2025 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for your prompt reply. I understand the requirement for a secondary source and will look for one before suggesting the inclusion again.

Best regards,

Manuel Barrera Anglada Manuel Barrera Anglada (talk) 16:12, 30 August 2025 (UTC)Reply

You also appear to be the author of this particular item you're seeking to include. Please be aware of our conflict of interest and WP:CITESPAM policies. --ZimZalaBim ^talk 16:31, 30 August 2025 (UTC)Reply