Any human can draw genitals. We can draw boobs and butts. Should this ability be regulated as if it's a risk to human health?
Are you sure that's what AI ethics is really concerned about? I of course haven't read all the possible sources giving definitions of AI ethics, but I'm pretty sure you've got it wrong.
A widespread racist AI could indeed negatively impact the mental health of hundreds of millions of people.
How can regulation address what you mentioned?
Harassing someone is already illegal.
Should hammers be regulated because they can be used to bludgeon people?
I don’t have the knowledge to decide this on a whim.
> How can regulation address what you mentioned?
By limiting the companies creating these models. Eg, you can’t create a model that produces nudity, gore etc.
> Harassing someone is already illegal. > Should hammers be regulated because they can be used to bludgeon people?
Stabbing someone was illegal but we in the UK we still banned carrying knives in public. These things are not black and white and trying to frame them as such will get you nowhere.
And yes, hammers are regulated by non-government adults to the degree that people cannot figure out how to handle the consequences of using them.
You don't think the Nazis would not have used AI deepfake technology to spread propaganda or try to refute the facts of the Holocaust?
We already have evidence that state actors have a lot to gain from misinformation. We have evidence they already use selective editing and image manipulation.
The risks are erosion in societal trust of data sources, reputational risk, and risk of misuse leading to violence or criminality, or misleading voters leading to things like misallocation of shared resources.