part of the reason this seems like a lot is much of the (truncated) fourth question "whether the humans in your organisation retain the ability to exercise moral judgment [...]" is performed intuitively now - at least at individual contributor levels. while we know that executives are psychopaths, we don't really test for the moral characteristics of our staff.
having to delve into the character of our AI employees is novel because we don't do it now.
Thank you - yes that’s a great point - AI and the untraceability of the ethical claims made by them has made something that has been perhaps hidden all this time - behind our objectives and targets do all our staff share the same values. If not, what is the role of the company in guiding them? That’s a sobering question …
It does make all that talk about "values" in the 2000s clearer (cf W1A). We mocked it then but maybe it really was the most important thing.
More seriously, it's not a sobering question - it captures one of the key roles of executive management. What indeed are our values and how do we make sure people (and agents) know, understand and indeed "live" them.
well that was a lot....but excellent as ever.
part of the reason this seems like a lot is much of the (truncated) fourth question "whether the humans in your organisation retain the ability to exercise moral judgment [...]" is performed intuitively now - at least at individual contributor levels. while we know that executives are psychopaths, we don't really test for the moral characteristics of our staff.
having to delve into the character of our AI employees is novel because we don't do it now.
Thank you - yes that’s a great point - AI and the untraceability of the ethical claims made by them has made something that has been perhaps hidden all this time - behind our objectives and targets do all our staff share the same values. If not, what is the role of the company in guiding them? That’s a sobering question …
It does make all that talk about "values" in the 2000s clearer (cf W1A). We mocked it then but maybe it really was the most important thing.
More seriously, it's not a sobering question - it captures one of the key roles of executive management. What indeed are our values and how do we make sure people (and agents) know, understand and indeed "live" them.