James Steinhoff

James Steinhoff is an Assistant Professor in the School of Information and Communication Studies at University College Dublin. He is the author of "Automation and Autonomy: Labour, Capital and Machines in the Artificial Intelligence Industry" (2021, Palgrave).

AI ethics in tech, driven by Big Tech, may not genuinely address ethics but rather serves capital accumulation. To create a more ethical AI, researchers should reject industry funding, challenging the profit-driven tech landscape.

Artificial intelligence/Business/Data science

AI ethics is not about AI or ethics

James Steinhoff

October 23, 2023

Should researchers reject industry funding due to concerns that AI, driven by Big Tech, may prioritize profit over ethical considerations?