> [...] For these reasons, I argue that AI ethical principles are useless, failing to mitigate the racial, social, and environmental damages of AI technologies in any meaningful sense. [...]<p>Um, yes? Anyone even vaguely familiar with the tech realizes that modern "AI" ethics bear no resemblance whatever to old Isaac Asimov "Three Laws of Robotics" SF stories.<p>But (as the Abstract does hint at) "AI Ethics" <i>can</i> be very useful when dealing with humans - in the same sense as Senator Sell-Out's promises of honesty can be very useful in getting himself re-elected.