Believe it or not, I don't actually like to be all doom and gloom about new technologies like AI—it's just that's what the world keeps handing me. So I'll be damned if I don't take the time to report on something actually positive about it when I can, and I'm hesitantly optimistic that Microsoft's newly-published code of conduct for AI training and operation is one such opportunity.
The overall goal is the same as that which Microsoft has proclaimed before: "humanist superintelligence (HSI)." Now, though, it's expanded much more on what this means. Though the company notes the current code is a work in progress and is opening its doors for feedback.
In a summary list explaining the code of conduct, Microsoft lists ten guidelines:
- "People matter more than AI. The whole document in 5 words.
- The idea of model welfare is wrong. AIs should not have rights or legal personhood.
- An...
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