Is “ethical AI” possible?

In which I discuss Luddites, skilled labor, and the difference between an LLM and a hammer.Photo by Nahrizul Kadri on Unsplash

Large language models, known as LLMs, generative AI, or sometimes just “AI”, are potentially among the most disruptive technologies we will see in our lifetime. Perhaps not surprisingly, given the polarized tenor of this moment in history, they are also heavily contested. Many debate what this technology is capable of, but the more important question, I believe, is whethe...