I donât think thatâs an attack on the AI ethics crowd. I think thatâs an attack on wokeness which maybe deals a glancing blow to AI ethics as an incidental side effect.
Like, if you look at the purpose:
One of the most pervasive and destructive of these ideologies is so-called âdiversity, equity, and inclusionâ (DEI). In the AI context, DEI includes the suppression or distortion of factual information about race or sex; manipulation of racial or sexual representation in model outputs; incorporation of concepts like critical race theory, transgenderism, unconscious bias, intersectionality, and systemic racism; and discrimination on the basis of race or sex. DEI displaces the commitment to truth in favor of preferred outcomes and, as recent history illustrates, poses an existential threat to reliable AI.
This has very little to do with what the âAI ethicsâ crowd wants in my experience. The topics I hear about are more like algorithmic discrimination, misinformation, the right to an explanation, child safety, job loss, copyright, accessibility, etc.
You can also skim through the papers at FAccT 2025, I think this also suggests that itâs not an attack on that crowd except incidentally.
I think the AI ethics crowd is the subject of attacks (though arguably this is because they tried to seek power and influence).
I donât think thatâs an attack on the AI ethics crowd. I think thatâs an attack on wokeness which maybe deals a glancing blow to AI ethics as an incidental side effect.
Like, if you look at the purpose:
This has very little to do with what the âAI ethicsâ crowd wants in my experience. The topics I hear about are more like algorithmic discrimination, misinformation, the right to an explanation, child safety, job loss, copyright, accessibility, etc.
You can also skim through the papers at FAccT 2025, I think this also suggests that itâs not an attack on that crowd except incidentally.