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Jonathan Bartlett
Date
October 2, 2018

Categorized
Ethics, Machine Learning

Tagged
liability, Moral Responsibility}

When machine learning results in mishap

_{The machine isn’t responsible but who IS? That gets tricky} _{Jonathan Bartlett
October 2, 2018

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Ethics, Machine Learning}

We should require model interpretability for any machine learning model for which moral responsibility plays a significant role. Read More ›

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Mind Matters
Date
October 1, 2018

Categorized
Ethics, Machine Learning, Social Factors

Tagged
Nancy Pearcey, Rodney Brooks, sex robots}

Are sex robots a cure for loneliness?

_{Maybe, in a culture where people see themselves as machines} _{Mind Matters
October 1, 2018

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Ethics, Machine Learning, Social Factors}

Nancy Pearcey, who is the author of Love Thy Body: Answering Hard Questions about Life and Sexuality, reminds us that the most popular metaphor for the universe today is a vast machine. Read More ›

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Mind Matters
Date
September 29, 2018

Categorized
Data Privacy, Ethics

Tagged
corporate surveillance, education, Google, Surveillance}

Google is collecting data on schoolkids

_{Some say it’s okay because the firm supplies a lot of free software and hardware to schools} _{Mind Matters
September 29, 2018

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Data Privacy, Ethics}

Many parents may not be content to let matters rest there; they might prefer to pay taxes for school equipment and have less surveillance in our lives overall. Read More ›

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Mind Matters
Date
September 25, 2018

Categorized
Ethics

Tagged
censorship, China, Google, Silicon Valley, Surveillance}

Google Powering China’s Snoop Culture

_{They’ve suppressed the memo but can’t suppress the uproar around it} _{Mind Matters
September 25, 2018

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Ethics}

It may at first seem deeply ironic that a Silicon Valley ostensibly committed to liberal values would help to unleash this storm. But a political analyst carefully traces the growth in its enthusiasm for “smart government,” using the tools of information technology for social engineering. Read More ›

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Mind Matters
Date
September 23, 2018

Categorized
Ethics, Machine Learning, Social Factors

Tagged
China, Google, Surveillance}

Digital dictatorship?

_{China’s “social credit” system coming under scrutiny} _{Mind Matters
September 23, 2018

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Ethics, Machine Learning, Social Factors}

It is not clear that most Chinese people understand the implications yet but many in the industry do. As of September 16, over 1400 Google employees had signed a letter of protest against Google’s involvement in Chinese censorship. Read More ›

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Mind Matters
Date
September 16, 2018

Categorized
Ethics, Events, Social Factors

Tagged
coconuts, Walter Bradley}

Coconuts Go High Tech

_{Plastics from coconut waste offer economic benefit to poor farmers} _{Mind Matters
September 16, 2018

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Ethics, Events, Social Factors}

One of Walter Bradley’s longstanding goals as an engineer and materials scientist has been to harness advanced materials technology to help the world’s poor, most of whom are poor farmers. Read More ›

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
September 15, 2018

Categorized
Ethics, Machine Learning, Social Factors

Tagged
Allum Bokhari, Blockchain, George Gilder, Life after Google (book), National Review, Tim Cook}

The true cost of “free” social media

_{It’s free but… are we? George Gilder points a way forward.} _{Denyse O'Leary
September 15, 2018

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Ethics, Machine Learning, Social Factors}

He thinks that expected massive increases in computing power will enable blockchain technologies that allow users to safely bypass the global data monopoly that Google and similar firms represent. Read More ›

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Mind Matters
Date
September 14, 2018

Categorized
Ethics, Machine Learning, Social Factors

Tagged
censorship, China, Google, Sundar Pichai}

Senior Google scientist quits over Google’s censorship in China

_{He believes it “contravenes widely accepted principles of international law and human rights”} _{Mind Matters
September 14, 2018

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Ethics, Machine Learning, Social Factors}

Some believe that any censorship system that a human being can develop can somehow be got around by another human being. China may provide a way of testing that.

Are social media companies violating anti-trust laws?

_{DOJ to investigate} _{Mind Matters
September 14, 2018

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Ethics, Machine Learning, Social Factors}

The efforts of social media companies to meddle in politics may now be getting pushback from politicians. Read More ›

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Jonathan Bartlett
Date
September 13, 2018

Categorized
Business and Finance, Ethics, Machine Learning

Tagged
bitcoin, trust}

How Bitcoin Works: The social value of trust

_{Jonathan Bartlett
September 13, 2018

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Business and Finance, Ethics, Machine Learning}

The idea of employing such a game to guarantee validity in a trustless environment is nothing short of groundbreaking. It is an amazing accomplishment, and I am impressed by it more each time I think about it. However, it does have some drawbacks, which, I think, will ultimately lead to its demise.

Twitter doesn’t just seem out of control

_{It actually is.} _{Mind Matters
September 12, 2018

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Ethics, Machine Learning, Social Factors}

Social media may be changing the world more than we think. And we may need some social leadership in fighting back against Twitter mobs. It probably won’t emerge from within because bullies are usually cowards. Read More ›

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Mind Matters
Date
September 10, 2018

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, Social Factors

Tagged
legal personhood, personhood}

Can machines be persons?

_{What would the real effect of legal personhood for machines be?} _{Mind Matters
September 10, 2018

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Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, Social Factors}

For some, it's a moral issue: sociologist and futurist James Hughes considers existing rights language to be "often human-racist" and "unethical." Read More ›

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Mind Matters
Date
September 5, 2018

Categorized
Ethics, Natural Intelligence

Tagged
bioethics, drones, Heather Zeiger, killer drones, lethal autonomous weapons}

Will killer drones make killing easier?

_{That, says a bioethicist, depends on who the pilots are} _{Mind Matters
September 5, 2018

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Ethics, Natural Intelligence}

Heather Zeiger tells us that traditional aerial combat pilots tend to think the same way when piloting drones from an office but it may be a different story when cell phone addicts, who tend to lack empathy, are recruited. Read More ›

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Eric Holloway
Date
September 4, 2018

Categorized
Ethics, Machine Learning, Social Factors

Tagged
drones, lethal autonomous weapons, Mechanized Warfare}

Slaughterbots: How far is too far?

_{And how will we know if we have crossed a line?} _{Eric Holloway
September 4, 2018

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Ethics, Machine Learning, Social Factors}

A greater focus should be on restoring the foundations of our nation over building superweapons. And the key foundation is all human beings' right to life. Read More ›

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
August 29, 2018

Categorized
Ethics, Social Factors

Tagged
Silicon Valley, social media, Technocracy}

Silicon Valley as a Colonial Power

_{Irish writer asks us to look more carefully at claims about “liberation”} _{Denyse O'Leary
August 29, 2018

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Ethics, Social Factors}

The social media companies will force us to define ourselves over against the specifications of our would-be programmers. And say what you want about the conflict, it will never be dull. Read More ›