AIES 2026 debate: are humans naturally ethical decision-makers?
davidmanheim · x · 2026-10-14
At AIES 2026, the keynote speaker argued that humans "are all ethical beings, making decisions that are supposed to be good." David Manheim pushed back: ethical goodness is largely a product of norms, incentives, and collective decisions, not something humans naturally do regardless of their environment — a substantive disagreement over a core premise of AI ethics.
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