I agree.
replySpecifically because in these companies they aren't optimizing for ethical behaviour.
They're optimizing for profit. And those damn ethicists just get in the way.
Funny thing: that doesn't typically happen to the internal legal counsel or accounting that's responsible for guiding processes/practices that are required for compliance or similar.
Why?
Because there's consequences.
I don’t find that funny at all. AI didn’t invent the problem of balancing profit motives with ethical guard rails.
replyI wouldn’t be surprised if many AI ethics responsibilities move to legal in the future.