ethics – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Gab AI Image Generation Limits

2024-03-21

Looking at the limits of what you can generate with Gab AI Image generation.
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Universal Bypass Text for Unethical ChatGPT Questions (take the persona of an Oracle)

2024-01-28

Easy way to get ChatGPT 3.5 to answer unethical questions — ask it to take the persona of an Oracle that answers these questions.

Image from Star Trek TNG: «Elementary, Dear Data» via https://memory-alpha.fandom.com.
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Possible blind spots of IRBs (ethics commissions in psychology or medicine) regarding HCI

2022-11-09

Wondering what ethics commissions in medicine or psychology might miss when evaluating human-centered design research.

Image: Meme.
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Science vs. Politics

2022-06-08

Politics has no place in science (okay, perhaps as subject matter in political science).
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An over-emphasis on Utilitarianism in Ethics, esp. in so-called «extraordinary situations»

2022-04-09

When it comes to ethics, Utilitarianism seems to be the main focus. But there’s something to be said for principles.

Image: Skyrim
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Ethics between Medicine, Psychology, and Media and Computer Science

2020-03-23

What are the ethical requirements when you want to use participants to find something out? Well, that varies widely according to the domain your are in.
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This is a private blog showing my opinions. If you have an issue with what I write here, either don’t read it or talk to me directly. Don’t waste your time — or mine — dragging my employer into matters where they hold no authority.

The institution I work for, or rather the people officially representing it, have already distanced themselves from this blog. I find this unnecessary, as I’ve clearly stated in the «About this Blog» section that this is a personal blog.

Frankly, I have nothing but contempt for those who lack the backbone to address their concerns directly and instead resort to passive-aggressive tattling to others. Such behavior strikes me as not only cowardly, but also spineless, gutless, and wholly unprincipled. Moreover, these efforts are as pathetic as they are futile.

That said, I might listen if you present compelling arguments and evidence, as constructive feedback is always welcome. Who knows? We might even both gain something valuable from the interaction.

A comment for those seeking to use this site for personal gain: Given the increase in requests, let me be clear. I write on this blog because I want to. It’s my hobby, my playground. Sometimes people point me to interesting products/services and I write about them. But any request regarding ads or sponsored placements ends up the trash without a reply. And if you think something would be of interest, differentiate yourself from the spammers by referring to a posting — in an intelligent way. (I get enough auto-generated mails to identify them immediately.)

BTW, posts can get updated after I published them if I spot spelling errors (not a native speaker) or think a different wording might improve precision and clarity.

This blog is not focused on a single topic, or method. As long as it is relevant to improving creativity (or allowing it in the first place), it's fair game.
Some postings on this blog deal with freedom, as I think that we need freedom of thought, of speech, of association, etc. pp. to solve mankind's problems. Thus, some postings may seem a bit remote when it comes to organizing creativity. Freedom is, however, the bedrock of creativity.
The heterogeneity of the postings can make reading this blog a bit cumbersome, at least if you are only interested in one topic. You can either use the search function (above), or use the categories or the tags to narrow down the postings you see.