Professional Responsibility (53)
Find narratives by ethical themes or by technologies.
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- Mad Scientist Laboratory
- 2018
The combination of the profit motive for tech companies and the vague language of non-binding ehtical agreements for coders means that there must be a higher regulation for ethical deployment and use of technology. Argues that there must be clear demarcations between what is considered real and human versus fake and virtual. Digital technologies should be regulated in a manner similar to other technologies, such as guns, cars, or nuclear weapons.
- Mad Scientist Laboratory
- 2018
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- Mad Scientist Laboratory
- 2018
Man Machine Rules
The combination of the profit motive for tech companies and the vague language of non-binding ehtical agreements for coders means that there must be a higher regulation for ethical deployment and use of technology. Argues that there must be clear demarcations between what is considered real and human versus fake and virtual. Digital technologies should be regulated in a manner similar to other technologies, such as guns, cars, or nuclear weapons.
How do we ensure the ethical use of AI by digital tech giants? Should there be an equivalent of the hippocratic oath for development of digital technology? How would you imagine something like this being put in place? Are the man-machine rules laid out at the end of the article realistic?
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- 27 min
- Cornell Tech
- 2019
Solon Barocas discusses his relatively new course on ethics in data science, following a larger trend of developing ethical sensibility in this field. He shares ideas of spreading out lessons across courses, promoting dialogue, and making sure we are really analyzing problems while learning to stand up for the right thing. Offers a case study of technological ethical sensibilities through questions raised by predictive policing algorithms.
- Cornell Tech
- 2019
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- 27 min
- Cornell Tech
- 2019
Teaching Ethics in Data Science
Solon Barocas discusses his relatively new course on ethics in data science, following a larger trend of developing ethical sensibility in this field. He shares ideas of spreading out lessons across courses, promoting dialogue, and making sure we are really analyzing problems while learning to stand up for the right thing. Offers a case study of technological ethical sensibilities through questions raised by predictive policing algorithms.
Why is it important to implement ethical sensibility in data science? What could happen if we do not?
Good Code : Good Code Episode 8-
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- 2018
Exploration of how, through facial and emotion recognition, digital artifacts make decisions on what we may want or need, and what they are able to do with this data.
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- 2018
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- 2018
Stealing Ur Feelings
Exploration of how, through facial and emotion recognition, digital artifacts make decisions on what we may want or need, and what they are able to do with this data.
Did you feel your results truly reflected your perception of yourself? What are the consequences of a machine missing all sorts of nuances and labelling you in the wrong way?
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- 15 min
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- 2018
Choose-your-own-adventure game, in which you experience some sort of data fraud through acting in the position of a cast of characters.
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- 2018
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- 2018
Choose Your Own Fake News
Choose-your-own-adventure game, in which you experience some sort of data fraud through acting in the position of a cast of characters.
How can you be less vulnerable to fake news and fake advertising online?
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- 5 min
- Citylab
- 2019
Currently, the idea of “smart cities” are so theoretical and predicated on the idea of “technochauvinism” that they mostly exist in images which sell the ideas of ever-advancing technology and application of futuristic technologies to urban centers as a cash cow waiting to be milked.
- Citylab
- 2019
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- Citylab
- 2019
The 3 Pictures That Explain Everything About Smart Cities
Currently, the idea of “smart cities” are so theoretical and predicated on the idea of “technochauvinism” that they mostly exist in images which sell the ideas of ever-advancing technology and application of futuristic technologies to urban centers as a cash cow waiting to be milked.
What is a smart city, at least in theory? What might be left out of the phenomenon (urban life) that smart cities attempt to abstract in the creation of a smart city? What priorities come with envisioning a smart city, and who is or should be in control of this?
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- 15 min
- ARS Technica
- 2019
Facebook’s cryptocurrency, Libra, is facing problems and will take a long time to develop. While it is attempting to mirror the bitcoin blockchain network in its ideology and functionality, there are significant barriers to reaching this vision, the most prominent of which being that its existence as a subsidy of Facebook means there cannot be decentralized control or accountability.
- ARS Technica
- 2019
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- 15 min
- ARS Technica
- 2019
There’s a big problem with Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency
Facebook’s cryptocurrency, Libra, is facing problems and will take a long time to develop. While it is attempting to mirror the bitcoin blockchain network in its ideology and functionality, there are significant barriers to reaching this vision, the most prominent of which being that its existence as a subsidy of Facebook means there cannot be decentralized control or accountability.
What are the differences between Bitcoin and Libra cryptocurrencies? How does Libra embody technocratic control in a way that Bitcoin does not? Should this new cryptocurrency network be above governmental regulation? What would be the consequences of this?