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Avoiding AI is hard – but our freedom to opt out must be protected

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Re: Avoiding AI is hard – but our freedom to opt out must be protected

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> Imagine applying for a job, only to find out that an algorithm powered by artificial intelligence (AI) rejected your resume before a human even saw it

The article says this like it's a new problem. Automated resume screening is a long established practice at this point. That it'll be some LLM doing the screening instead of a keyword matcher doesn't change much. Although, it could be argued that an LLM would better approximate an actual human looking at the resume... including all the biases.

It's not like companies take responsibility for such automated systems today. I think they're used partly for liability cya anyway. The fewer actual employees that look at resumes, the fewer that can screw up and expose the company to a lawsuit. An algorithm can screw up too of course, but it's a lot harder to show intent, which can affect the damages awarded I think. Of course IANAL, so this could be entirely wrong. Interesting to think about though.

Re: Avoiding AI is hard – but our freedom to opt out must be protected

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Reminds me of the wonderful Onion piece about a Google Opt Out Village. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lMChO0qNbkY

I appreciate the frustration that, if not quite yet, it’ll be near impossible to live a normal life without having exposure to GenAI systems. Of course as others say here, and the date on the Onion piece shows, it’s not sadly not a new concern.

Re: Avoiding AI is hard – but our freedom to opt out must be protected

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You cannot punish an AI - it has no sense of ethics or morality, nor a conscience. An AI cannot be made to feel shame. You cannot punish an AI for transgressing. A person can be held responsible, even when it's indirect responsibility, in a way that serves as a warning to others, to avoid certain behaviors. It just seems wrong to allow machines to make decisions affecting humans, when those machines are incapable of…

Humans making the decision to use AI need to be responsible for what the AI does, in the way that the owner/operator of a car is responsible for what the car does.

"Humans" is the problem. There's one driver in a car, but likely far more than one human deciding to use AI, so who takes responsibility for it?

Re: Avoiding AI is hard – but our freedom to opt out must be protected

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> Imagine applying for a job, only to find out that an algorithm powered by artificial intelligence (AI) rejected your resume before a human even saw it. Or imagine visiting a doctor where treatment options are chosen by a machine you can’t question. I wonder when/if the opposite will be as much of an article hook: "Imagine applying for a job, only to find out that a human rejected your resume before an algorithm pow…

Humans can be held accountable. Machines can't. AI dilutes responsibility.

At least in the work setting, employers are generally liable for stuff in the workplace:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicarious_liability

Re: Avoiding AI is hard – but our freedom to opt out must be protected

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Using a poem from 1897 to illustrate why AI will be out of control? The web site name is very accurate. That's sure to start a conversation.

You’re probably more familiar with the poem as depicted in Fantasia.

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x620yq4

Re: Avoiding AI is hard – but our freedom to opt out must be protected

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>Or imagine visiting a doctor where treatment options are chosen by a human you can’t question That really struck a chord with me. I've been struggling with chronic sinusitis, without really much success. I had ChatGPT o3 do a deep research on my specific symptoms and test results, including a negative allergy (on my shoulder) test but that the doctor observed allergic reactions in my sinuses. ChatGPT seemed to do a…

> I do need another couple months to really have a good data point. You need another couple months to really have a good anecdote.

I think whether I'm cured or not only slightly minimizes the story of a physician who discounted something that seemingly impacts 25% of patients... It's also interesting to me that ChatGPT came up with research supporting an answer to my primary question, but the Dr. did not.

The point being that there's a lot that the LLMs can do in concert with physicians, discounting either one is not useful or interesting.

Re: Avoiding AI is hard – but our freedom to opt out must be protected

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I imagine the author would respond: "That's what I said" "Opting out of AI is no simple matter. AI powers essential systems such as healthcare, transport and finance. It also influences hiring decisions, rental applications, loans, credit scoring, social media feeds, government services and even what news or information we see when we search online."

Okay, then I guess they’ll agree to paying more for those services since they’ll cost more to deal with someone’s boutique Amistics.

If I was given the choice, I would without exception pay more for non-AI service.
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