Technologists are problem solvers. We work out answers to questions (sometimes simple, sometimes difficult), and apply these to the world…. Read More
Category: Ethics
The Boundaries of Ethics
By Jim Isaak on April 26th, 2017 in Articles, Case Studies, Ethics
The U.S. government recently announced sanctions targeting Syrian scientists (and no doubt engineers; newspapers are not clear on the differences)…. Read More
Algorithm Problem
By Jim Isaak on April 17th, 2017 in Articles, Ethics, Societal Impact
United Airlines has been having it’s problems since recently ejecting a passenger to facilitate crew members getting to their next… Read More
AI Apocalypse (not)
By Jim Isaak on April 11th, 2017 in Articles, Ethics, Societal Impact
Presumably we will reach a tipping point when Intelligent Devices surpass humans in many key areas, quite possibly without our… Read More
Ethics of Killing with Robots
By Jim Isaak on July 20th, 2016 in Articles, Ethics, Societal Impact
The ability to kill a target from a “position of safety” is essentially the basic design criteria for many weapon systems.
Food Technology
By laurajacob on April 15th, 2013 in Ethics, Health & Medical, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact
My boyfriend just gave me a sous vide machine. So of course, I spent hours today reading not just about… Read More
You have to work pretty hard to make something private these days
By laurajacob on March 15th, 2013 in Ethics, Privacy & Security, Social Implications of Technology
Oh Google, I love a lot of your products and services, but this was pretty stupid. If you hadn’t heard… Read More
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