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datakanyesterday at 7:38 PM2 repliesview on HN

You don't fire an ethicist for that. You fire an engineer or your CISO. Firing an ethicist is like firing a marketing person. It signals nothing to anyone.


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ak830yesterday at 7:42 PM

CISO is a fair pushback. But I would challenge you on "firing an ethicist is like firing a marketing person". This HF issue clearly brings to light possible ethical issues with how these models are being trained ...

lrvickyesterday at 7:52 PM

It signals they no longer feel the need to pretend to have ethics.