To Gen or Not to Gen: The Ethical Use of Generative AI
The article discusses the ethical implications of generative AI (GenAI) in various fields, particularly software development. It highlights both the potential benefits and significant drawbacks, such as environmental concerns and the spread of misinformation. The authors emphasize the importance of considering ethical responsibilities when using or recommending GenAI technologies.
- ▪Generative AI applications are rapidly increasing, especially in software development.
- ▪The article outlines both the promises and disadvantages of GenAI, including energy consumption and misinformation.
- ▪Ethical behavior in technology use requires weighing advantages against potential harms.
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| Original publisher | My Not So Private Tech Life |
| Canonical URL | https://blog.johanneslink.net/2025/11/04/to-gen-or-not-to-gen/ |
| Publication time | Thu, 28 May 2026 19:24:07 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-05-28T19:46:37.595Z |
| Last seen | 2026-05-28T19:46:37.595Z |
| Headline source | Publisher (no WeSearch rewrite) |
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| Summary source text | contentText |
| Citation coverage | Summary is a WeSearch-generated derivative; primary citation is the original publisher URL. |
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| Ranking reason | Story pages are not engagement-ranked. Hub feeds use recency, with optional source-diversified chronological ordering (cap consecutive stories per source). No personalized ranking. |
| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
| Substitutes article? | No — link-out required for full text |
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| Indexing | May the item be indexed (stored, ranked, made findable)? | Allowed |
| Snippet | May a short excerpt of the publisher's text be shown? | Allowed |
| AI summary | May WeSearch generate its own short summary of the article? | Limited |
| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
| Model training | May the content be used to train AI models? | Not asserted |
| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
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To Gen or Not To Gen: The Ethical Use of Generative AI 34 minute read This blog entry started out as a translation of an article that my colleague Jakob and I wrote for a German magazine. After that we added more stuff and enriched it by additional references and sources. We aim at giving an overview about many - but not all - aspects that we learned about GenAI and that we consider relevant for an informed ethical opinion. As for the depth of information, we are just scratching the surface; hopefully, the loads of references can lead you to diving in deeper wherever you want. Since we are both software developers our views are biased and distorted. Keep also in mind that any writing about a “hot” topic like this is nothing but a snapshot of what we think to know today.
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