AI Ethics, Plain and Spiky: Navigating Uncharted Waters, Do No Harm

AI Ethics, Plain and Spiky: Navigating Uncharted Waters

Can we program machines to “do no harm”? Cute idea. Reality… is messier.
Even “basic” AI spins side-quests fast:
Optimized delivery routes → city chokepoints
Facial recognition → privacy headaches
Automated hiring → bias on steroids
The Hippocratic oath meets the compile button. The snag: “harm” isn’t a variable, it’s a philosophy problem that thinking makes so in the eye of its beholder.