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Waste and Local Action
A Conversation on Waste and Local Action
June 18, 2025
AUTHOR: Ketra Schmitt
FILED UNDER: Articles, Case Studies, Environment, Ethics, Human Impacts, Interview, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact
FILED UNDER: Articles, Case Studies, Environment, Ethics, Human Impacts, Interview, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact
CUCCR approaches solid waste by harnessing data collection to understand the waste flows within the university, using a tucked-away basement space to give waste materials a chance to pause and potentially be repurposed before being landfilled or recycled.
Smart AI, Private Lives: Can We Have Both?
June 10, 2025
AUTHOR: murtyp
FILED UNDER: Articles, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Ethics, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, President's Message, Privacy & Security, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact
FILED UNDER: Articles, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Ethics, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, President's Message, Privacy & Security, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact
SSIT is participating in the IEEE Digital Privacy Initiative, a program under IEEE Future Directions that “focuses on a user-centric perspective—looking at the digital privacy needs of the individuals rather than the security of data, products, and organizations—such as providing individuals with user-enabled privacy controls and promoting privacy at the outset of product and service lifecycles.”
Data Hunger: The Deep Connection Between the AI Chatbot and the Human
May 26, 2025
AUTHOR: Teana Davies
FILED UNDER: Commentary, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Robotics, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact
FILED UNDER: Commentary, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Robotics, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact
Now that generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools that produce data and information are becoming widespread and commonplace, studies are showing that humans have an insatiable appetite for data. These appetites can result in unhealthy data-snacking behaviors and addictions.
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IEEE ETHICS 2025 Explores “Emerging Technologies, Ethics, and Social Justice” in Evanston, IL, USA, June 6-8, 2025
June 11, 2025
AUTHOR: terribookman
FILED UNDER: Articles, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Blog Posts, Conferences, Ethics, Human Impacts, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact, SSIT Announcements
FILED UNDER: Articles, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Blog Posts, Conferences, Ethics, Human Impacts, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact, SSIT Announcements
Over 150 scholars and practitioners from industry, academia, government, and civil society gathered at IEEE ETHICS 2025 to examine questions of ethics and social justice in artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies.
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