Current Affairs • Aug 29, 2025
“AI Ethics” Discourse Ignores Its Deadliest Use: War
AI Ethics is a hot topic in the artificial intelligence world. It features in keynote speeches at major conferences and spawns entire dedicated safety teams at large companies—all the while, government, industry and academic leaders make a point of how hard they’re working to make sure AI proceeds in an ethical way. Ostensibly, this is a response to well-founded fears about the technology’s possible (and proven) downsides, like its threat to the job market, or potential for harm in mental health settings.