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Professional sociologists, academics, and literal computer scientists who study AI: Hey we have a huge bias problem, and we haven't really solved that yet. There will be huge ramifications if people blindly use AI
Tech bros: Lol ship it
Tech executives to the Public: "Wow, that's really interesting. This is definitely something we need to work on and do better. You'll be hearing more from us on this soon!" (But no way am I spending any money that should be going to my bonus on woke DEI shit)
Tech execs to engineers: "...Ship it faster, and cheaper!"
Engineer 1: "Hey, have we covered all our test bases on this?"
Engineer 2: (looks around office) "Yep, I think we've tested with everyone here!"
News report: "The product exhibits a clear anti-black bias, and leaked documents show that the product was not tested for it at all."
I mean tbh, if it's tech from San Fran they actually are super about inclusive. At least any devs I've met from there, as it's sort of woven into the cultural tapestry of the West Coast as a whole (which is funny considering it has had some exceptionally racist policies in the past). I think more so people just don't realize what might be a thing needed to run the gamut of diversity because the face of STEM itself is relatively one sided in America. Probably just the face of corporate America as a whole, if we were being honest.
yeah it is, also a west coast engineer, but there's also nuance. There's definitely a difference between HR telling you the corporate policies and then there's going to your VP and telling them their pet product may have ethical ramifications. There's a lot of rug sweeping if a project is important.
Yeah, I talked about that before too somewhere on here. If they tell you to fudge, you fudge because standing up gets you axed.