Meta's Legal Team Abandoned Its Ethical Duties
https://www.afterbabel.com/p/how-metas-lawyers-perfected-the-playbook
#HackerNews #Meta #Legal #Team #Ethical #Duties #Abandonment #Law #Ethics
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I just started reading a book on ethics in social work. I haven't ever concerned myself with ethics as a (philosophical) science before, but I can highly recommend it.
Let me tell you what I just learned as a novice.
Principles can be categorized in technical-normative principles and ethical-normative principles. Normative principles is just a distinction from descriptive statements that just describe, don't request and don't judge.
Technical-normative means that you should do something, because it helps you with your goals.
E.g. you should be nice, so people will be nice to you.
Ethical-normative means you do it because it alighns with your values.
E.g. you treat everybody with empathy because everybody deserves to be treated that way.
Now ethical-normative principles can be categorized in ethical and moral principles. Ethical here is the term for the super-category and the sub-category.
Ethical principles are about your individual values.
Moral principles are meant to be universal and unconditional.
The distinction here is not so easy anymore and sometimes is just about wording. E.g. when you are vegan "because you like animals" than that's an ethical decision. If you're vegan "because animals (should) have rights" its a moral one. Note that "universal & unconditional" doesn't mean that you can't have empathy, compassion and understanding for people who don't live by those values.
Now why are these distinctions important?
Because if you take an ethical principle as moral or vice versa, that can be a real problem.
An example for taking an ethical principle as moral would be "everybody should be in the Fediverse". Many of us joined the Fediverse for ethical reasons, but an ethical decision can also be not using social media at all. Also many of us would suffer if everybody, also unethical people joined the Fediverse.
An example for taking a moral principle as ethical would be "I as a moderator of a Fediverse instance don't suspend the nazi on that instance, who harasses people, because he should be confronted with people who think differently". No. The right to not be harassed is a human right, a moral principle, universal and unconditional.
I'm right now trying to find out for myself which of my own principles are technical, ethical or moral.
And in the future when arguing I'll try to distinguish between ethical and moral values and phrase my arguments accordingly.
#ethics #morals #philosophy #TIL #JustReading #AmReading #ethical #moral
I just started reading a book on ethics in social work. I haven't ever concerned myself with ethics as a (philosophical) science before, but I can highly recommend it.
Let me tell you what I just learned as a novice.
Principles can be categorized in technical-normative principles and ethical-normative principles. Normative principles is just a distinction from descriptive statements that just describe, don't request and don't judge.
Technical-normative means that you should do something, because it helps you with your goals.
E.g. you should be nice, so people will be nice to you.
Ethical-normative means you do it because it alighns with your values.
E.g. you treat everybody with empathy because everybody deserves to be treated that way.
Now ethical-normative principles can be categorized in ethical and moral principles. Ethical here is the term for the super-category and the sub-category.
Ethical principles are about your individual values.
Moral principles are meant to be universal and unconditional.
The distinction here is not so easy anymore and sometimes is just about wording. E.g. when you are vegan "because you like animals" than that's an ethical decision. If you're vegan "because animals (should) have rights" its a moral one. Note that "universal & unconditional" doesn't mean that you can't have empathy, compassion and understanding for people who don't live by those values.
Now why are these distinctions important?
Because if you take an ethical principle as moral or vice versa, that can be a real problem.
An example for taking an ethical principle as moral would be "everybody should be in the Fediverse". Many of us joined the Fediverse for ethical reasons, but an ethical decision can also be not using social media at all. Also many of us would suffer if everybody, also unethical people joined the Fediverse.
An example for taking a moral principle as ethical would be "I as a moderator of a Fediverse instance don't suspend the nazi on that instance, who harasses people, because he should be confronted with people who think differently". No. The right to not be harassed is a human right, a moral principle, universal and unconditional.
I'm right now trying to find out for myself which of my own principles are technical, ethical or moral.
And in the future when arguing I'll try to distinguish between ethical and moral values and phrase my arguments accordingly.
#ethics #morals #philosophy #TIL #JustReading #AmReading #ethical #moral
@dangillmor
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the very programs best equipped to study the social and #ethical implications of #AI were being #defunded...
Well, that's bad, one negative reason (given on this poscast below) is the possibly of folks getting (weak, stupid, wrong) info on politicians during voting week.
#NilayPatel #TheVerge #Decoder #Anthropic
Thx 4 orig Dan boost
@steter
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Alex Akselrod
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A lot of things matter to me in choosing what I work on, and who I work for. Money is one. It isn't the only one. It isn't even the most important one. I have an in-my-head sliding scale I use - the better your work matches my #ethical framework, the less #lucre it takes to convince me to help you.
So if you're using "AI" to build #algorithmic pricing systems to sell to companies so they can #gouge people needing services in their most #desperate hour? I *might* entertain a rate of $1000 per hour to shit on your head. There isn't enough #money in the world to get me to help you build that stuff.
On the other hand, if you're a small #company, selling actual #goods or #services to #customers who want and need them, as opposed to building something #shiny to attract the rubes so you can sell your audience to the #advertising industry? And you need a techie person?
Let's talk.
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People who follow me may know that I've been without work for some time. I don't talk about it much. I was laid off from a public #benefit corporation undergoing some restructuring just as companies started firing engineers due to the "AI" hype.
I'm basically semi-retired at this point, mostly involuntarily, but I would love to find #work that I could feel good about to occupy some of my time.
I'm a #software engineer with two-plus decades of experience in a large number of areas. I've worked as an independent consultant in many industries, worked for a consulting company in many others, and held staff positions with tech companies of different sizes in various fields. Most recently I've tended to be designing and implementing APIs for internal and external use. I've been using Python professionally for 25 years, and personally for longer. The list of OSes, languages, and technologies I've worked with is long.
If you need some software-engineer-y things done but you're now saying "We can't possibly afford to #hire someone like that", keep reading.
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#FediHire #NoAI #AI #ethics #affordable #engineer #Python #API
A lot of things matter to me in choosing what I work on, and who I work for. Money is one. It isn't the only one. It isn't even the most important one. I have an in-my-head sliding scale I use - the better your work matches my #ethical framework, the less #lucre it takes to convince me to help you.
So if you're using "AI" to build #algorithmic pricing systems to sell to companies so they can #gouge people needing services in their most #desperate hour? I *might* entertain a rate of $1000 per hour to shit on your head. There isn't enough #money in the world to get me to help you build that stuff.
On the other hand, if you're a small #company, selling actual #goods or #services to #customers who want and need them, as opposed to building something #shiny to attract the rubes so you can sell your audience to the #advertising industry? And you need a techie person?
Let's talk.
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On the 29th November in the Market Hall, #Derby, there will be an #Ethical #ChristmasMarket:
"Ethical shopping made easy with our carefully curated stalls showcasing some incredible East Midlands small businesses that are pushing the boundaries of ethics and sustainability."
Our festival's keynote: “Realizing the Promise of #OpenScience: Advancing Global Progress Amid Persistent Challenges”
Ana Persic, head of #UNESCO’s Open Science programme, will discuss the 2021 UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science - the first global framework treating #science as a #public good.
She’ll explore progress, challenges, and how #inclusive, #ethical, and #sustainable open science can drive solutions to global issues.
Tim Chambers
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‘#OpenSource And #Ethical’ #TikTok, #WhatsApp And #Instagram Alternatives Could Transform #SocialMedia
from #Forbes
ByEsat Dedezade, Contributor.
Esat Dedezade is U.K.-based journalist who covers Big Tech for Forbes
Jan 25, 2025, 12:23pm EST
[a very well-written article with a favorable yet realistic angle on the #Fediverse]
"At the heart of these alternative apps lies the Fediverse platform — a portmanteau of "federated" and "universe" that represents a radical reimagining of how social media can work. Unlike traditional platforms where users are locked into isolated ecosystems, the Fediverse operates as an interconnected network of independent servers that communicate with each other through a standard protocol called #ActivityPub."
#Pixelfed#PeerTube#Mastodon#Loops#Sup#FreeSoftware#SocialWeb #technology #news #press
‘#OpenSource And #Ethical’ #TikTok, #WhatsApp And #Instagram Alternatives Could Transform #SocialMedia
from #Forbes
ByEsat Dedezade, Contributor.
Esat Dedezade is U.K.-based journalist who covers Big Tech for Forbes
Jan 25, 2025, 12:23pm EST
[a very well-written article with a favorable yet realistic angle on the #Fediverse]
"At the heart of these alternative apps lies the Fediverse platform — a portmanteau of "federated" and "universe" that represents a radical reimagining of how social media can work. Unlike traditional platforms where users are locked into isolated ecosystems, the Fediverse operates as an interconnected network of independent servers that communicate with each other through a standard protocol called #ActivityPub."
#Pixelfed#PeerTube#Mastodon#Loops#Sup#FreeSoftware#SocialWeb #technology #news #press