AI Ethics

Context

Can an AI be ethical?

Is that like asking whether a machine can be ethical?
Clearly a machine can create a legal obligation.
So, let's agree that it is unethical to deploy an AI that is not aligned with human ethics.

• What Is the Alignment Problem?

At its core, the alignment problem asks:
How do we ensure that AI systems pursue goals that reflect human values, intentions, and safety—especially as they become more autonomous?
It’s not just about avoiding catastrophic outcomes. It’s about embedding agency, consent, and accountability into systems that increasingly act on our behalf.

• Ethics: The Heart of the Problem

Alignment is fundamentally ethical because it involves:
Value selection: Whose values are encoded? Whose are excluded?
Moral pluralism: Can one system reflect diverse, even conflicting, human norms?
Consent and autonomy: Are users aware of what the system is doing? Can they opt out?
Responsibility: Who is accountable when things go wrong?

Evaluation

https://www.civics.com/evals