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Pressuring AI Vendors on Ethics
Customers can pressure AI vendors on ethics. Strategic pressure works better than purity tests.
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- 1The premise
- 2vendor pressure
- 3ethics
- 4strategy
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Section 1
The premise
Customer pressure on AI vendors shapes industry; strategic pressure works.
What AI does well here
- Communicate priorities to vendors clearly
- Coordinate with peer customers when collective action helps
- Reward vendor improvements
- Switch when warranted
What AI cannot do
- Solve vendor ethics through individual pressure alone
- Achieve perfect alignment
- Predict every vendor response
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