AI Has Raised the Bar on the Need for Ethics

AI Has Raised the Bar on the Need for Ethics

— Like me, I’m sure you’ve seen several headlines claiming that “Artificial intelligence is now at PhD level,” or that it has a “higher IQ than any human alive.” Putting aside the vacuous and hollow nature of such statements, AI’s capabilities remain awe inspiring. It certainly can analyze, spot patterns, recommend, and persuade with unnerving confidence and at speeds no human could ever replicate. But its most humanlike attribute might indeed b…