The Algorithm Ate My Homework
summary
Argues that responsibility hinges on concrete failures not abstract topics and claims current AIs lack moral agency: a video-interview scorer flips rankings when a bookshelf or lighting changes, Amazon’s resume filter is pulled for gender bias, and bail‑prediction tools show racial discrimination. Uses talmudic framings — shaliach as agent, fire like an arrow, exempt by human law liable by heaven — to map when deployers look like owners, when tools look like weapons, and when moral blame survives legal gaps.
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chapters (4)
- 0:00Start
- 1:10The Trolley Problem
- 3:05The Talmud
- 20:32It Is Not Your Duty To Finish the Work but neither Are You at Liberty To Neglect It
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