- Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have made possible the creation of
“deepfakes”, audiovisual content that shows a particular person saying and doing
things, which they did not.
Clearly, such technology can, and has been used for criminal activities – see the first
attachment (“Fraudsters used AI…”). The second attachment argues, though, that
making deepfakes is unethical, whether or not they are used to commit a criminal
act (“The deepfake artists must be stopped…”).
Is it unethical to construct a deepfake of a person without their permission, even
when it is not used to commit a crime? Why or why not? - Artificial intelligence has, in just the last few years, been transformed from an area
of mostly academic interest into a significant source of business profit and
government investment. In some cases (first attachment: “AI Startup Boom Raises
Questions…”) businesses seem to have exaggerated the extent to which their
operations depend on AI, and are instead relying on human labour, so as to attract
investment.
The second attachment (“This AI Startup…”) provides many more examples of these
exaggerations, and notes contexts in which human labour is doing tasks that we
might be more comfortable assigning to computers.
Is it unethical to mislead a customer, investor, or others about the extent to which
labour involved in the provision of a good or service is done by people instead of
AI? Why or why not?
In answering the questions, please apply the method of philosophical analysis.
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