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Guest Lecture

Today we are taking a brief reprieve from the lecture-lab cadence to allow my voice to recover.

AI is an Ethical Nightmare

“AI is an Ethical Nightmare” is a 2023 video essay by Abigail Thorn.
- MA Philosophy 2015
- MA Acting 2017
We are exploring a video essay from a YouTuber, despite the limitations of the platform, in order to achieve:
- Higher sound quality
- Higher quality subtitles
I am including an embed to the video essay below:

Video Essay

Embeds do not always work, here is a direct link

Supporting Evidence

Abigail Thorn is an established expert in AI, and has previously delivered talks on the topic at academic conferences.
These conferences, as a rule, have tragically low sound, production, and subtitle quality.
However, for the interested student, a 2017 talk on the same talk is available below.

Conference Talk

Embeds do not always work, here is a direct link

Discussion Questions

After viewing “AI is an Ethical Nightmare”, turn to your nearest fellow student and discuss the following.

What have you learned today about the perspectives from non-technical or perhaps non-STEM specialists on understanding AI?
What have you learned today about the perspectives from members of minoritized groups on understanding AI?
How would you have described AI before watching “AI is an Ethical Nightmare”?
How would you now describe AI after watching “AI is an Ethical Nightmare” and how and why does the description differ?
What would you have identified as central ethics concerns of AI prior to watching “AI is an Ethical Nightmare”? Is there perhaps a single central concern or some combination of factors?
What do you now identify as central ethics cocenrs of AI after watching “AI is an Ethical Nightmare?

And a central question in a novel direction:

Discuss the formulation of AI as “large scale computing” - is this accurate, useful, and what are the implications.

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