AI ethicist critiques tech industry's profit motive and apocalyptic AI narratives

AI ethicist Eleanor Drage's book, "What If We Got AI Right?", critiques the tech industry's profit-driven approach and apocalyptic narratives surrounding artificial intelligence. Drage argues that AI is a product of human labor and that understanding this is key to challenging the power of tech companies. She highlights how AI algorithms can perpetuate biases and how the focus on AI safety distracts from more immediate global issues like climate change and inequality. While offering alternative visions for ethical AI projects, some of her examples are presented as underwhelming. AI

IMPACT Challenges the dominant narratives around AI, urging a focus on human labor and ethical development over profit and apocalyptic fears.

RANK_REASON The item is a book review discussing AI ethics and industry practices.

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• Eleanor Drage
• Kenya
• Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence
• Silicon Valley
• University of Cambridge

• opinion
• policy

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