Progress is not an ethical principle

“Humans have a long track record of wishful thinking and underestimating the risks of new breakthroughs. Commercial interests push technology as a new religion whose central article of faith is that more technology is always better. Web giants want to dazzle users into overestimating their AI tools’ utility, encouraging humanity to prematurely cede authority to them far beyond their competence. Entrepreneurial attitude and scientific curiosity have produced many of the modern era’s advances. But progress is not an ethical principle. The danger is not machines being treated like humans, but humans being treated like machines.”

The Guardian view on ChatGPT search: exploiting wishful thinking | Editorial
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/10/the-guardian-view-on-chatgpt-search-exploiting-wishful-thinking
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