“The rules that we have been recommending for about a decade are still enough,” the Professor of Ethics and Technology says.
The recent introduction of the chatbot ChatGPT has raised questions about intellectual property and academic integrity in AI usage. In several media outlets, Hertie School Professor of Ethics and Technology Joanna Bryson assesses the repercussions for society at large.
“We don’t believe we are more giraffelike if we get taller. Why get fuzzy about intelligence?” she asked in an article published by New York Magazine on 1 March. According to the AI expert, the current debate was more about the human condition than artificial intelligence.
When using ChatGPT, “the rules that we have been recommending for about a decade are still enough,” she said in Deutsche Welle, referring to potential plagiarism or attempts at deception. Instead of giving in to suspicion, society needs to learn how to deal with AI software from an early age, such as in schools, she explained.
Knowledge sharing was especially important for avoiding social disruption. “I think society's only stable when we produce those kinds of contexts that people have an idea of where they belong and how they fit in,” she told Euronews. One of the current political challenges concerning AI ethics was exactly these concerns about digital governance.
Bryson also talked about the topic to CNBC Italy and Focus Online earlier this week.
For an interview with Professor Bryson and a discussion of AI, see Booth2Booth.
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