In this episode, Dave interviews Helen about her recent article in Quartz, “Are AI ethicists making any difference?” Some of the topics we explore include:

* Why is there a rush to hire AI ethicists in the tech industry?

* What do AI ethicists do?

* Why are people skeptical and what is “ethics washing” and “ethics bashing?”

* What does Jacob Metcalf of Data & Society mean by saying that ethics is “the vessel which we use to hold our values?”

* What does Josh Lovejoy of Microsoft mean by saying that ethics need not be seen as a philosophical add-on “but as just good design?”

* What are AI checklists and why is their use good practice?

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