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Microsoft AI's Luca Soldaini says companies hold final authority over AI harmlessness, drawing criticism from developer Joseph Redmon

Redmon says developers use assumed moral superiority to self-justify.

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Luca Soldaini 🎀@soldni#280inAI

@pjreddie that the definition of harmlessness, while based on public input and 3rd parties consultation, is ultimately up to them unless compelled by law

Joseph Redmon@pjreddie

@soldni What are their core values? Is harmless not one of them??

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Joseph Redmon@pjreddie

@soldni Yeah, I mean I think they believe they are somehow morally superior and virtuous and anything they do must be correct because they are the “good guys” and in that way they are consistent but sort of vacuously so

@pjreddie that the definition of harmlessness, while based on public input and 3rd parties consultation, is ultimately up to them unless compelled by law

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Nez@Nezd_

@soldni @pjreddie Yeah super consistent. The US military is also ‘harmless’ if you allow them to redefine what the word means whenever they need to…

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