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Agents of Change: Decoding Human Voices in Large Language Models
August 10, 2026FILED UNDER: Articles, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Commentary, Ethics, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact
When AI algorithms fail or deviate from their intended outcomes, resulting in negative impacts on society, they themselves cannot be held accountable since they are not moral agents. Although engineers may not be the sole owners of a language model, their involvement in the chain of operation requires a sense of collaborative accountability.
Collective Care for Ethical Innovation: Applying the “Binder Test” to Home Care Technologies
July 24, 2026FILED UNDER: Articles, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Case Studies, Commentary, Ethics, Health & Medical, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact
Aligning design with collective care refocuses requirements for development toward safety, accountability, and the real networks that deliver care. Until the design of digital technologies matches the accessibility and reliability of the paperbased binder system, the binder remains the more ethical coordination tool for communication and continuity in complex home care.
Who Gets Left Behind? The Uncomfortable Questions Behind Homecare Innovation
July 12, 2026FILED UNDER: Articles, Commentary, Ethics, Health & Medical, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact
Since many forms of lifestyle monitoring are “untraditional”—that is to say, they are novel, often experimental, and do not track hard quantifiable biomedical parameters—it is perhaps unsurprising that few options exist to defray costs for older adults and their care partners.
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IEEE Ethics Week 2026 – Connie Kelly, Region 4 Director, on Ethics Education and the IEEE Code of Ethics
August 19, 2026FILED UNDER: Articles, Blog Posts, Ethics, IEEE Ethics Week, Social Implications of Technology
IEEE Ethics Week 2026 is coming up 12–20 September 2026. Click here to hear Connie Kelly, Region 4 Director, speaking about the IEEE Code of Ethics and the importance of IEEE Ethics Education.









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