We call on the field to recognize that applications that aim to believably mimic humans bring risk of extreme harms. Work on synthetic human behavior is a bright line in ethical Al development, where downstream effects need to be understood and modeled in order to block foreseeable harm to society and different social groups.
— Emily M. Bender, Timnit Gebru, Angelina McMillan-Major, Shmargaret Shmitchell
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