AI to handle with care

Artificial Intelligences are rapidly transforming our world, but unfortunately they are not neutral. They reflect the values ​​and intentions of those who design and implement them, through moral alignment. Alignment seeks to make them act according to human intentions, through continuous training. Experts ask questions to the AI, evaluate the answers and correct them, feeding the results back into the model to refine the answers and reduce unwanted behavior. Morality is distinct from ethics. Ethics is based on universal principles of right and wrong, while morality varies from culture to culture. AIs are not truly ethical; rather, they reflect the moral values ​​embedded in their training. This means that an AI developed in the United States may exhibit different values ​​and responses than one created in another part of the world. Every time we use an AI, we need to evaluate what moral values ​​are embedded in it.


Stefano Ravizza
​NP February 2025