Elizabeth O'Neill
@artificialethic.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, TU Eindhoven, Philosophy & Ethics. Moral psychology, moral epistemology, phil biology, AI ethics.
September 6, 2026 at 8:29 AM
Also, characteristically, it’s hard for the novice to tell based on a cursory interaction with the system how it was created and which parts of it can be trusted. (Even in this case, where the creator made an effort to share information about how they created the website).
September 5, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Also, characteristically, it’s hard for the novice to tell based on a cursory interaction with the system how it was created and which parts of it can be trusted. (Even in this case, where the creator made an effort to share information about how they created the website).
It's just one example of a broader phenomenon... A human wants to use AI to do something that really would be cool if it were properly implemented. But the rate and forms of errors in the resulting system means people who interact with the system walk away more misinformed than when they arrived.
September 5, 2026 at 4:46 PM
It's just one example of a broader phenomenon... A human wants to use AI to do something that really would be cool if it were properly implemented. But the rate and forms of errors in the resulting system means people who interact with the system walk away more misinformed than when they arrived.
But the claims in the text about people’s lives at different time periods are also riddled with errors, as others have pointed out elsewhere on Bluesky.
September 5, 2026 at 4:46 PM
But the claims in the text about people’s lives at different time periods are also riddled with errors, as others have pointed out elsewhere on Bluesky.
The images produced are so uniformly anachronistic that they are better ignored, so it is good that the creator made them hidden by default.
September 5, 2026 at 4:46 PM
The images produced are so uniformly anachronistic that they are better ignored, so it is good that the creator made them hidden by default.
(The sources page helpfully indicates some level of uncertainty about whether the AI system correctly extracted info from particular sources; but that uncertainty is not indicated on the main page, where one learns about each random hypothetical individual from the past).
September 5, 2026 at 4:46 PM
(The sources page helpfully indicates some level of uncertainty about whether the AI system correctly extracted info from particular sources; but that uncertainty is not indicated on the main page, where one learns about each random hypothetical individual from the past).
The human creator of the page has not verified the information that the website produces: the page describing the project's sources labels each source based on how an AI system purportedly extracted data or information from it. anyhumanever.com/sources
September 5, 2026 at 4:46 PM
The human creator of the page has not verified the information that the website produces: the page describing the project's sources labels each source based on how an AI system purportedly extracted data or information from it. anyhumanever.com/sources
"Cadets are told constantly that they are to lead a life of honor, to choose the harder right over the easier wrong, to have moral courage. But now they are learning that these are just empty slogans. What actual leaders do, it seems, is whatever protects their jobs."
May 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
"Cadets are told constantly that they are to lead a life of honor, to choose the harder right over the easier wrong, to have moral courage. But now they are learning that these are just empty slogans. What actual leaders do, it seems, is whatever protects their jobs."
"....A West Point student debate team was even told that it couldn’t take certain positions at a forthcoming competition." #freespeech
May 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
"....A West Point student debate team was even told that it couldn’t take certain positions at a forthcoming competition." #freespeech
"Rather than interpreting Mr. Hegseth’s demands narrowly, West Point seems to have read them broadly. What followed was a sweeping assault on the school’s curriculum and the faculty members’ research."
May 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
"Rather than interpreting Mr. Hegseth’s demands narrowly, West Point seems to have read them broadly. What followed was a sweeping assault on the school’s curriculum and the faculty members’ research."
"These were brazen demands to indoctrinate, not educate. ... however much I admire America, uncritically asserting that it is “the most powerful force for good in human history” is not something an educator does."
May 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
"These were brazen demands to indoctrinate, not educate. ... however much I admire America, uncritically asserting that it is “the most powerful force for good in human history” is not something an educator does."
Unbounded moralized judgment, we argue, brings with it several hazards: widespread, difficult-to-restore reputation damage, negative self-perceptions, and the stifling of morally right behavior. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Digital recording and the hazards of unbounded moralized judgment
In today's techno-social environment, it is easy to make, store, and share digital recordings, such as photographs, audio fragments, and video streams…
www.sciencedirect.com
May 7, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Unbounded moralized judgment, we argue, brings with it several hazards: widespread, difficult-to-restore reputation damage, negative self-perceptions, and the stifling of morally right behavior. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We argue that in the current context, digital recording threatens to alter how we perceive and evaluate ourselves, producing a shift toward what we call 'unbounded moralized judgment'.
May 7, 2025 at 1:57 PM
We argue that in the current context, digital recording threatens to alter how we perceive and evaluate ourselves, producing a shift toward what we call 'unbounded moralized judgment'.