Understanding AI: Ethical Concerns and Everyday Impacts

Описание: In this episode of the Big Ocean Women Podcast, hosts Shelli Spotts, Carolina Allen, and guest Darrin Gates engage in a comprehensive discussion about the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on various facets of life. Shelli, a professor of persuasive writing, sets the stage by emphasizing the importance of understanding different types of literacies. Darrin, a philosophy professor specializing in ethics, provides insights into the ethical considerations of AI, specifically generative AI like ChatGPT. Carolina, the founder of Big Ocean Women, highlights the organization's focus on faith, family, and motherhood, and introduces the topic of AI's rapid advancement and its implications for parenting and education. The conversation delves into definitions of AI, its limitations, the ethical issues surrounding data use, and the potential pitfalls like job loss, privacy concerns, and the erosion of human interaction. The group underscores the importance of critical thinking, media literacy, and maintaining human-centric values in the face of technological advancement.

00:00 Introduction and Guest Introductions
02:21 Defining AI and Its Implications
04:54 Ethical Concerns and Data Set Issues
08:06 AI's Impact on Human Interaction
12:00 Manipulation and Deception in AI
17:19 AI's Limitations and Future
28:39 Ethical Dilemmas in AI Resource Allocation
29:55 The AI Arms Race: Global Implications
32:16 Privacy Concerns and Data Misuse
36:10 Job Loss and Economic Impact of AI
37:47 The Push for Human-Centric AI
40:32 Teaching Critical Thinking in the Age of AI
47:07 Parental Guidance and Media Literacy
51:58 Conclusion: Embracing Failure and Authentic Engagement

Professor Gates earned a BA in Philosophy at BYU, and a Ph.D. in philosophy from Villanova University. Specializing in ethics/moral philosophy, he has taught philosophy and ethics at BYU for the past 17 years. He teaches (and created) the Ethics for Computers and Society course (CS 404) which concerns ethical issues related to software engineering and the computer industry. He currently focuses on issues in business ethics, and he has a chapter in the Routledge Companion to Business Ethics on teaching ethics (published Feb. 2018, with co-authors Brad Agle and Richard Williams). He is currently writing several papers on the relation between moral rationalization, self-deception, and unethical actions, and he is a Visiting Fellow with the Wheatley Institute doing research as part of their ethics initiative. He resides in Provo with his wife and eight children.