A lot of us here hate AI because of how it was built: training data gathered without the creators’ explicit, opt-in consent, data centers that negatively affect communities’ access to clean water and energy, a technology design that is inherently prone to hallucinations, etc. At least, those are the main reasons why I hate it.

I think I might actually want to support an AI project if I thought it was being done right. Maybe we could get more people away from exploitative models if there was a non-exploitative alternative.

So what would it take to build AI ethically, in your opinion? And do you know of anyone trying to build AI without these issues?

  • ladybugs@lemmy.worldOP
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    3 days ago

    That looks far better than the mainstream AI tools, but I don’t think respecting opt-outs is quite enough. It would be so much better if it were built from solely opt-in training data. As far as I can tell, it’s not attempting to tackle the hallucinations or environmental impact issues. Still, it would be a major change for the better if ChatGPT users switched to something like that.

    • JustTesting@lemmy.hogru.ch
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      3 days ago

      yes, agreed. And while right now its environmental impact is low due to renewable energy use, I have no doubt that if this caught on and had to serve more users, the environmental part would get just as bad as other LLMs.