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The Algorithm That Couldn’t See: AI Ethics and the Halakhic Discipline of Perception

JL;DR SUMMARY Joseph Feiler explores the intersection of AI ethics and Jewish thought by examining how halakhah, or Jewish law, trains perception, an element missing in AI ethics today. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HumilityMaimonidesJewish ThoughtHalakhahAi EthicsHuman Ai InteractionJudgmentMoral PerceptionAnavahInstitutional Design

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Israel
"In 1991, I volunteered at an absorption center in Israel during Operation Solomon, processing Ethiopian Jewish refugees arriving from Gondar Province."
Amhara, Ethiopia
"In 1991, I volunteered at an absorption center in Israel during Operation Solomon, processing Ethiopian Jewish refugees arriving from Gondar Province."

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