The Irresponsible use of GPT

My thesis is simple: We’re all using GPT irresponsibly according to Australia’s AI Ethics Framework.

Australia has 8 AI Ethics Principles adopted nationally November 2019:

• Human, societal and environmental wellbeing: GPT should benefit ??individuals, ?? society and the ?environment.
• Human-centred values: AI systems should respect ?? human rights, ?diversity, and the ?? autonomy of individuals.
• Fairness: AI systems should be ??inclusive and ? accessible, and should not involve or result in unfair discrimination against ?individuals, ?communities or ?groups.
• Privacy protection and security: AI systems should respect and uphold ?privacy rights and ?data protection, and ensure the ?security of data.
• Reliability and safety: AI systems should ?? reliably operate in accordance with their ?intended purpose.
• Transparency and explainability: There should be ?transparency and ?responsible disclosure so people can understand when they are being significantly impacted by AI, and can find out when an AI system is engaging with them.
• Contestability: When an AI system significantly impacts a person, community, group or environment, there should be a ?timely process to allow people to challenge the use or outcomes of the AI system.
• Accountability: People responsible for the different phases of the AI system lifecycle should be ?identifiable and ?accountable for the outcomes of the AI systems, and ??human oversight of AI systems should be enabled.

At the very least GPT needs regular:?

1. Human rights impact assessments, e.g as per Ed Santow Human Rights and Technology Final Report (2021), and
2. Human factors assessments, eg using NSW WHS AI Scorecard?

However, Australians will use GPT because it because it is accessible and they can see the benefits for themselves and their communities.?

Australians will use GPT and continually evaluate it. Trust and reliability will be negotiated in the relationship between users in experimentation and usage over time.

Anyone can do anything they want with GPT--there is no safety or intended purpose. There will be no responsible disclosure, transparency, privacy rights, data protection, or data security by OpenAI. No one at OpenAI will be identified or held accountable. There will be no timely process to contest AI outputs. Because the dataset is vastly biased, there will always be unfair discrimination of marginalised and disadvantaged individuals, communities and groups who are not in the dominant existing hedgemon. It will always be terrible for the environment.

So, are Australians using AI responsibly when they use GPT? If you think ‘yes’, then do you disagree with the Australian AI Ethics principles?

Or if you agree with the principles and think that you can use GPT responsibly. Is it because you think that some principles are more important than others? Or do you think it’s ok to skip some principles? Or are you putting the burden of responsibility back on OpenAI and the government? Perhaps you believe that the regulators should control it or limit it? But, Australia has no AI regulator.

What should citizens do when the government cannot regulate technology to improve or ensure their safety? Is it responsible to use GPT? Will you keep using it anyway?