Where do AI norms come from?
Where do AI norms come from?A dialogue with Dr Cat Hicks on ethics, learning, and what we owe each other. Part one: start by listening.Charity MajorsSep 21, 20261422ShareAfter I posted “Confessions of an Unrepentant Slop Snob” on LinkedIn last week, with links to the Honeycomb AI norms and values docs, I got this question from Niklas Lochschmidt:I am curious if you could share more light on the process? It is…less disciplined, which is to say it is all over the fucking map.
- ▪Where do AI norms come from?A dialogue with Dr Cat Hicks on ethics, learning, and what we owe each other.
- ▪Part one: start by listening.Charity MajorsSep 21, 20261422ShareAfter I posted “Confessions of an Unrepentant Slop Snob” on LinkedIn last week, with links to the Honeycomb AI norms and values docs, I got this question from Niklas Lochschmid
- ▪It is…less disciplined, which is to say it is all over the fucking map.
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Where do AI norms come from?A dialogue with Dr Cat Hicks on ethics, learning, and what we owe each other. Part one: start by listening.Charity MajorsSep 21, 20261422ShareAfter I posted “Confessions of an Unrepentant Slop Snob” on LinkedIn last week, with links to the Honeycomb AI norms and values docs, I got this question from Niklas Lochschmidt:I am curious if you could share more light on the process? Any guidance you would give people in companies that have the friction and internal debates, but maybe haven’t arrived at shared norms and values yet?That’s a great question, and I will answer in just a minute.I feel like this is a great way to kick off something I’ve been looking forward to all year — an old fashioned bloggy dialogue between myself and Dr Cat Hicks, research psychologist…
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