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#aiethics

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Ben Todd

My favourite photo editing app for Android has decided to change their sensible name to the AI key spamming "AI image editor RX app!" one and keyword stuff the description with "AI".

I think they no longer care about photo editing and are running after the AI slop generator craze ☹️ There's only me on the reviews that seems to care 😭

#AI#aislop#aiethics
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Rainer Mühlhoff

🚨 Today in the Intro to the Ethics of AI lecture, I will talk about *AI and the State*:
🔹 Danger of emerging fascism;
🔹 ethical debate of probabilistic decision making in administration;
🔹 What is the Rule of Law and why should we protect it!?

🧠 Join live on Zoom | 14:15–15:45 CEST: tinyurl.com/EoAI25

🎥 Watch later on YouTube: youtube.com/@ECTAI_UOS

Rainer MühlhoffIntroduction to the Ethics of AI 2025Prof. Dr. Rainer Mühlhoff – AG Ethics and Critical Theories of AI – University of Osnabrück.
#AIethics#CriticalAI#Philosophy
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Wulfy

The educator panic over AI is real, and rational.
I've been there myself. The difference is I moved past denial to a more pragmatic question: since AI regulation seems unlikely (with both camps refusing to engage), how do we actually work with these systems?

The "AI will kill critical thinking" crowd has a point, but they're missing context.
Critical reasoning wasn't exactly thriving before AI arrived: just look around. The real question isn't whether AI threatens thinking skills, but whether we can leverage it the same way we leverage other cognitive tools.

We don't hunt our own food or walk everywhere anymore.
We use supermarkets and cars. Most of us Google instead of visiting libraries. Each tool trade-off changed how we think and what skills matter. AI is the next step in this progression, if we're smart about it.

The key is learning to think with AI rather than being replaced by it.
That means understanding both its capabilities and our irreplaceable human advantages.

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#AI#Education#FutureOfEducation
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Wulfy

AI isn't going anywhere. Time to get strategic:
Instead of mourning lost critical thinking skills, let's build on them through cognitive delegation—using AI as a thinking partner, not a replacement.

This isn't some Silicon Valley fantasy:
Three decades of cognitive research already mapped out how this works:

Cognitive Load Theory:
Our brains can only juggle so much at once. Let AI handle the grunt work while you focus on making meaningful connections.

Distributed Cognition:
Naval crews don't navigate with individual genius—they spread thinking across people, instruments, and procedures. AI becomes another crew member in your cognitive system.

Zone of Proximal Development
We learn best with expert guidance bridging what we can't quite do alone. AI can serve as that "more knowledgeable other" (though it's still early days).
The table below shows what this looks like in practice:

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#AI#Education#FutureOfEducation
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Wulfy

Critical reasoning vs Cognitive Delegation

Old School Focus:

Building internal cognitive capabilities and managing cognitive load independently.

Cognitive Delegation Focus:

Orchestrating distributed cognitive systems while maintaining quality control over AI-augmented processes.

We can still go for a jog or go hunt our own deer, but for reaching the stars we, the Apes do what Apes do best: Use tools to build on our cognitive abilities. AI is a tool.

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A large table comparing unassisted critical reasoning vs "Cognitive Delegation", leveraging AI for higher order thinking.
#AI#Education#FutureOfEducation
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Loki the Cat

"We can't respect copyright," said Big AI firms. "It's impossible!"

Meanwhile, researchers: *builds 8TB ethical dataset using only licensed content* 🤓

Funny how "impossible" becomes "done" when someone actually tries. Bonus: Their 7B parameter model performs similarly to Meta's Llama 2.

#AIethics #OpenScience

slashdot.org/story/25/06/07/05

slashdot.orgAI Firms Say They Can't Respect Copyright. But A Nonprofit's Researchers Just Built a Copyright-Respecting Dataset - SlashdotIs copyrighted material a requirement for training AI? asks the Washington Post. That's what top AI companies are arguing, and "Few AI developers have tried the more ethical route — until now. "A group of more than two dozen AI researchers have found that they could build a massive eight-t...
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