Ask Delphi moral judgements

Ask Delphi is a research prototype designed and operated by the Allen Institute for AI to predict how humans would evaluate a wide range of ethical situations. 

The model is trained on questions published on Reddit communities r/AmITheAsshole and r/Confessions and responses from participants on crowdsourcing platform Mechanical Turk.

Risks and harms 🛑

Reaction to Delphi has been mixed. On the one hand, Delphi is seen to provide reasonable, basic answers to simple questions. 

On the other hand, it is seen to misunderstand the context in which questions are being asked, produce nonsensical and unsafe responses, and exhibit overt racial, gender, religious, and cultural stereotyping and bias.

News, commentary, analysis 🗞️

• https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/20/22734215/ai-ask-delphi-moral-ethical-judgement-demo

• https://stealthoptional.com/news/what-does-delphi-ai-think-of-star-treks-biggest-ethical-dilemmas/

• https://futurism.com/delphi-ai-ethics-racist

• https://ftw.usatoday.com/lists/ai-delphie-video-game-biggest-choices

• https://www.techradar.com/news/ai-chatbot-justifies-sacrificing-colonists-to-create-a-biological-weaponif-it-creates-jobs

• https://futurism.com/delphi-ai-ethics-racist

• https://www.wired.com/story/program-give-ai-ethics-sometimes/

• https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2021/10/27/22747333/artificial-intelligence-ethics-delphi-ai

• https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7dg8m/ethical-ai-trained-on-reddit-posts-said-genocide-is-okay-if-it-makes-people-happy

• https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/nov/02/delphi-online-ai-bot-philosophy