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AI ethics questioned amid parallels to automotive emissions cheating scandals

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A Mastodon user draws a parallel between automotive companies installing software to cheat emissions tests and the potential for AI companies to conceal impactful software errors. The user questions whether AI developers will act more ethically than traditional corporations, highlighting the risks of AI misdiagnoses in healthcare, education, and manufacturing, and the lack of a legal duty to report such critical software defects. AI

IMPACT Raises concerns about the ethical conduct of AI developers and the potential for undisclosed errors in critical AI applications.

RANK_REASON The item is an opinion piece drawing parallels between past corporate misconduct and potential future AI misconduct, rather than reporting on a specific AI event.

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AI ethics questioned amid parallels to automotive emissions cheating scandals

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Corporate ethics are such that major automotive companies installed software in their products to detect when car exhaust was being tested and adjust the output

    Corporate ethics are such that major automotive companies installed software in their products to detect when car exhaust was being tested and adjust the output to trick the inspection. Why would we expect the tech corporations that make "AI" to behave differently? Wouldn't you w…

    LINKS bbc.co.uk/…/c6rmy7zmvx3lo

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