Can I ethically use LLMs?
Can I ethically use LLMs?
The title is not a rhetorical question, and I'm not going to bury an answer. I don't have an answer. This post is my exploration of the question, and why I think it is a question.
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In the same way as people can be okay or not with eating meat, I think it comes down to individual values.
LLMs have consequences to climate, labour, and (if you don’t disclose in some situations) how others perceive your creativity.
For me, I would have no problem asking and AI agent to speak to a colleagues AI agent to automatically find a mutually acceptable time for a call or meeting.
I would not use AI to compose a best man’s toast or funeral eulogy from scratch.
The quote about “I want AI to do my dishes and laundry so I have time for more creativity, I don’t want AI to do my creativity so I have more time to do dishes and laundry” applies to me.
LLMs have consequences to climate
I would have no problem asking and AI agent to speak to a colleagues AI agent to automatically find a mutually acceptable time for a call or meeting.
Yeah I mean the climate's important but screw talking to people
I eat meat, too.