Does anyone know of any attempts out there of building more ethical AI models for things like text LLM, image or audio processing?
To clarify, I am talking about an AI model which is trained on a dataset of public domain, creative commons, licensed, or more intentionally fair use sampling methods.
Personally, I believe that the way the modern AI industry has built their giant models is incredibly exploitative, unethical, toxic to society and culture, and arguably not even consistent with the letter or spirit of the existing rules by which we have all been asked to play.
As a tool, machine learning may not be fundamentally bad, but who, if anyone, is out there trying to do it in better, more legitimate way?
nah, fuck AI
EDIT - I didn’t want to add any context but here we are. tech moguls have made it clear that the goal of AI is to eliminate workers. they’re saying the quiet part out loud that there really isn’t any upside for your average person on the street. you’ll lose your job and that’s good. no, of course no UBI you lazy lout, just stop being poor.
second, the science has shown that it’s making people stupider, as their critical thinking skills and even simple abilities like reading dwindle the more they use it.
I say “fuck AI” with full awareness of the nuance. I’m forced to use it daily for work and I hate it. an ethically trained model does not fix all of these other problems. its primary purpose is a tool of oppression.