I don’t have a problem with Artificial Intelligence tools.
I do have a few problems with what I call the AI advantage.
That is to say, I have a problem with the idea that these artificial intelligence engines, generative algorithms and the like, that they are somehow above the moral and legal code to which the rest of us are obliged to adhere.
AI is just another tool, after all. It can do amazing things for businesses and individuals. I can drive change, teach, inform, advance and help give a leg up to anyone trying to bootstrap an idea into reality in a world already saturated with successes.
But it needs to be used in a way that is fair.
And if we cannot do that through regulation, it is probably incumbent upon us a society to accept and normalize a moral code for technology systems that mimic the things that sets humans apart from the rest of nature: intelligence, creativity and thought.
Computers are faster. AI systems work across geographic barriers with ease. And for now these systems are accessible to a broad public. Advantages.
And they have these inherent advantages as a foundational aspect of what they are and how they have been built. So, we should not let them carelessly break the rules which we have put in place for people. Specifically, we should not let them ignore copyright rules and fail to respect the intellectual property rights of humans.
We would not tolerate a human being building a business on stolen property, so—even if we can’t seem to make our governments stand up and regulate it—we should, as humans, prevent this particular AI advantage from becoming accepted as a moral norm.
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