#ethical ai

[plant--based--bitch]

I did not live through the propaganda of “humane slaughter” just for y’all to try “ethical AI.”

That’s not a thing. Neither of those are things. They’re fairytales to make you feel better. Stop it.

[purple-link]

So the Darth Vader AI thing in Fortnite is relatively harmless (except for ecologically, perhaps), and is mostly one of the currently few ethical ways to be implemented, after James Earl Jones consented to signing off his voice for use in future shows (with perhaps some additional use with real voice acting).

However, its current use is why you can't beat real voice acting.

When you address him in game, he replies in a cold monotone. There's no inflection, no intonation, just a flat reply. Even in the movies, including Rogue One, in which he made a brief appearance, you could tell it was really James Earl Jones doing it.

He's such an emotional response. James Earl Jones actually doing the voice in the movies has such a dark, deep, almost bleeding, like a cut, sort of voice. He's not friendly. He's not your friend.

AI Vader in the game, as ethical as his use is here, still only sounds like the spoon pickaxe he came with.

I really hope they don't use ai voices in place of real people for characters, even though this implementation of it is the least harmful. However, you just can't beat real voice actors, for real.

[resident-dog]

She Remembers, and That Changes Everything

The detail that sold me on SweetDream was memory. My companion remembers what I told her about my week, my favorite things, the stuff that stressed me out. So our conversations build on each other instead of resetting every time.

That continuity is a quality thing, and it's rare. It's what makes an AI girlfriend feel like a relationship rather than a search box. If you've tried other tools and felt like you were starting from zero each session, sweetdream.ai will feel like a real upgrade.

[resident-dog]

Reposting this image because OP does AI art

EDIT: I didn't know that the attached image was by the artist when I made this repost.

I don't like art theft any more than anyone else.

I understand @reachartwork is trying to make this kind of art ethically, and I don't know enough about them to make a solid judgement one way or the other.

I have a poor opinion of AI generated content in general, given that my close circle of friends are all digital artists who are watching their medium be flooded with low-grade art. I've also aware of the ecological implications of AI models.

I respect what Mx. Reach is trying to do, and I hope there can be a better solution going forward. I loved the original text concept of the post and wanted to share it without the implication that I supported AI art.

Idk its late i probably didn't have to justify this hard

[omegapausestuck]

How's your week going?

I just decided to try my hand at coding last week and today I just finished homegrowing an ethical text-to-speech voice model from scratch and I finally got an output that sounds somewhat decent.

Now I'm making my own audiobooks because it helps with my audio processing and I can consume more literature :>

[ratantics]

This should be the long overdue wake up call that makes governments around the world sit up and seriously think about the type of stuff this tech will be used for.

These countries are investing billions into AI and I don't think it's an overstatement to say that this is one of the most significant technological advancements of the 21st century and is going to change the world and our day to day lives the same way the internet has, but let me be clear:

I do not like this new AI.

I do not support this new AI.

I think it is morally and ethically wrong and I would love to live in a world without it, but I'm not naive enough to think that this is just going to go away.

AI is here to stay and if that's the case then we need proper protections codified by law to stop things like:

- Any sexual abuse material.

- Any material created using real people.

- Full transparency on what and who's material was used to train the AI.

- Legal protections for those who do not wish to have their work used to train AI.

- Compensation for those who do allow their work to be used to train AI because even though I may personally disagree with them deciding to do this it is ultimately their work so they can do what they want and should still be paid for it.

- The creators of AI chatbots and other AI tech should have a legal obligation to protect their users from being exposed to harmful content.

- A ban on the use of AI in an academic setting without good reason.

- I know this is going to be a tricky one, but a law that stops people from profiting off content made using AI.

Like I said in the last point, these laws are going to be tricky to implement and we will probably just end up with more online safety restrictions due to the incompetency of boomer politicians and profit driven corruption of the companies that create/invest in this tech.

All that said I still think the government should at least try to put some sort of protection in place to stop incidents like the one in the picture from happening.

These world leaders are throwing money at tech companies (who are mostly in the US and China) without taking into consideration consequences that artificial technology could have on their country and the wider world.

Right now they just see a shiny new toy that'll make them the cool kid on the street if their mum buys them one before all the other kids.

Then they get one and end up being involved in a scandal because their mum didn't read that the AI toy was meant for politicians aged 30 and under.

TL;DR:

[dragonsncats]

"The books (art) aren't the product... They aren't the art, not completely... The process of creating art, makes art of you... We are the art."

Some of my own thoughts on AI in writing and art.

[internutter]

Pretty much, yeah.

[theartofsimpatry]

Im not too familiar with AI and what the boundary is between ethical and unethical usage of it.

Why is AI art (digital art, songs, etc) considered unethical but AI chatbots aren’t? Especially when it comes to the environmental impact of AI usage?

Why is the fandom space ok with using AI chatbots? Genuine question btw, if theres anyone willing to answer