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    ISSUE 21.19 • 2024-05-06

    COMMENTARY

    Michael A. Convington

    By Michael A. Covington

    Computer ethics and AI ethics are easier than you think, for one big reason.

    That reason is simple: if it’s wrong to do something without a computer, it’s still wrong to do it with a computer.

    See how much puzzlement that principle clears away.

    Consider, for example, the teenagers in several places who have reportedly used generative AI to create realistic nude pictures of their classmates. How should they be treated? Exactly as if they had been good artists and had drawn the images by hand. The only difference is that computers made it easier. Computers don’t change what’s right or wrong.

    Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (21.19.0, 2024-05-06).
    This story also appears in our public Newsletter.

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