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#ai ethics

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Responsible by Design

The Open University has released v2 of its Responsible by Design (RBD) framework/guidance document. It's all very worthy, but I wonder if it makes much difference in practice?

RBD is our pioneering response to the ethical challenges of Generative AI in education. Rooted in student voice and aligned with institutional strategy, the framework enables staff and students to critically examine AI through six pillars: Bias, Sustainability, Exploitation, Access and Equity, Transparency and Opting Out. A practical, values-driven and easy-to-use framework, it provides reflective prompts and actionable solutions. The aim is to empower educators to make informed choices about how to use AI responsibly. The design response bank offers a practical starting point for exploring complex ethical issues, and a way to put suitable actions into practice when designing courses.

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US as failed state

As a thought experiment, all things being equal, I think I'd rather go to China than the US at the moment.

It's just the arbitrariness and uncertainty of it all; one of the most powerful countries in the world taken over by an unpredictable narcissist.

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Using AI to write about the dangers of AI

We shouldn't unquestioningly believe "AI detectors" but nor should we be so naive to think that anyone's immune form the temptation of using AI to write very long documents.

It’s possible that AI was used to write parts of Pope Leo XIV’s latest encyclical about AI’s impact on humanity. An analysis by Linch Zhang posted on the forum LessWrong found certain paragraphs of Magnifica Humanitas to be between 40 percent and 100 percent written by AI, according to the popular AI detector Pangram.

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