It appears that humanity’s great challenge for this century is to extend cooperative human values and institutions to autonomous technology… Read More
Crossing the Evolutionary Gap
By Joe Carvalko on June 29th, 2017 in Ethics, Fiction, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
The best scientist is open to experience and begins with romance – the idea that anything is possible. — Ray… Read More
Home Is Where the AI Heart Is
By Isabel Pedersen on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Ethics, Magazine Articles, Robotics
The desire to create a sentient Artificial Intelligence (Al) as complex as a human intelligence, or one that even surpasses… Read More
Mediating the Body: Wearable Tech and Disembodied Reality
By Rebecca Ricks on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Ethics, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles
Where does wearable technology exist? The question is more complex than it might first appear, when one considers the thin… Read More
Unintended Consequences of Living with AI
By Ramona Pringle on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
The Paradox of Technological Potential – Part II In November 2015, as editors, we started sorting through submissions for a… Read More
Help for Cybersex Addicts and Their Loved Ones
By Kimberly Young on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Health & Medical, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles
When Fantasy Turns into Obsession Craig is a banker from Iowa who became addicted to adult chat rooms. He explained,… Read More
Gone Fishing: Breaking with the Biometric Rhythm of Tech-Centricism
By Katina Michael on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles
On the 9th of December in 2015, I set out for a camping trip with my three young children to… Read More
Love, Philosophy, and Processors: Interview with a Robot
By Ramona Pringle on June 29th, 2017 in Interview, Magazine Articles, Robotics, Societal Impact
The robot Bina48 is funny, and melancholy, and at times, uncannily profound. Like a human, she is complicated and contradictory,… Read More
Are Wearables Really Ready to Wear?
By Isabel Pedersen on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles
The introduction and announcement of Google Glass on April 4, 2012, changed the landscape of computing for the everyday person…. Read More
The Police Crisis of Visibility
By Guest Author on June 29th, 2017 in Magazine Articles, Privacy & Security, Societal Impact
A rugged male Metro Toronto police officer stares down a female protester outside the Toronto G-20 meetings in 2010. She… Read More
Beyond Human: Lifelogging and Life Extension
By Katina Michael on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Ethics, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Robotics
I have often wondered what it would be like to rid myself of a keyboard for data entry, and a… Read More
Personal Safety Devices Enable “Suicurity”
By Steve Mann on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Ethics, Magazine Articles, Privacy & Security
“Security” is a Latin word which means “without care,” from the Latin prefix “Se” (meaning “without”) and “curity” meaning “care.”… Read More
Privacy Nightmare: When Baby Monitors Go Bad
By Katherine Albrecht on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Ethics, Magazine Articles, Privacy & Security
A secure crib and a baby monitor are on the “must-have” safety checklist for many new parents. But when you… Read More
Pondering Effects of Video Games on Children
By Guest Author on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion
Dear Drs. Albrecht and Michael, I recently came across your Editorial titled: “We’ve Got to do Better” [1] and felt… Read More
Personal Rights in the Age of Omnipresent Cameras
By jstanley@aclu.org on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Privacy & Security
George Orwell once observed that “the ages in which the dominant weapon is expensive or difficult to make will tend… Read More
Google Glass and Highway Safety — Messy Choices
By Robert Rosenberger on June 29th, 2017 in Human Impacts, Leading Edge, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
When Cecilia Abadie — a Google Glass “explorer” testing out the new device — received the first ever traffic ticket… Read More
“I’ll Be Watching You”
By Brenda McPhail on June 29th, 2017 in Magazine Articles, Privacy & Security
Anecdotally, most people know that the video technology they use in everyday life is changing at an alarmingly fast pace…. Read More
Starting a New Chapter
By laurajacob on June 29th, 2017 in Magazine Articles, President's Message
This past year, 2013, was a busy year for me, and for SSIT. Some of this activity was highly visible…. Read More
We’ve Got to Do Better
By Katina Michael on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact
Each year, thousands of film buffs gather at the Sundance International Film Festival in Park City, UT, U.S.A., to see… Read More
Nanotechnology: Ethical and Social Implications
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Book Reviews, Ethics, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
By Ahmed S. Khan. CRC Press (Taylor & Francis), 2012. Reviewed by Karl D. Stephan Anyone who doesn’t know… Read More