Computers tell us what to do, every day, all the time. Is this a problem? I may get irritated when… Read More
Category: President’s Message
Improving Our “Engineering-Crazed” Image
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Ethics, Magazine Articles, President's Message, Societal Impact
I recently watched The Martian, a great advertisement for engineering. Back in the real world, I read an October 7,… Read More
Do We Just “Build Stuff”?
By Greg Adamson on June 29th, 2017 in Magazine Articles, President's Message, Societal Impact
Every day as engineers and technologists we go to work teaching, developing, building, implementing, maintaining technology. Do we care about… Read More
Is Ethics an Emerging Property?
By Greg Adamson on June 29th, 2017 in Ethics, Magazine Articles, President's Message, Societal Impact
“Can we program ethics into Artificial Intelligence?” was the topic of a keynote panel initiated by SSIT at the July… 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
Deterministic and Statistical Worlds
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Ethics, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, President's Message
Technologists are problem solvers. We work out answers to questions (sometimes simple, sometimes difficult), and apply these to the world…. Read More
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