silence7@slrpnk.net to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months ago‘The Worst Internet-Research Ethics Violation I Have Ever Seen’ | The most persuasive “people” on a popular subreddit turned out to be a front for a secret AI experiment.www.theatlantic.comexternal-linkmessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down11
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minus-squareandros_rex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoRegardless of any value you might see from the research, it was not conducted ethically. Allowing unethical research to be published encourages further unethical research. This flat out should not have passed review. There should be consequences.
minus-squareFriendBesto@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoConsequences? Sure. Does not cancel or falsify the results, though.
Regardless of any value you might see from the research, it was not conducted ethically. Allowing unethical research to be published encourages further unethical research.
This flat out should not have passed review. There should be consequences.
Consequences? Sure. Does not cancel or falsify the results, though.