Slavery is the coercive and controlled use of another human. Contrary to the belief that the practice ended in the… Read More
Category: Ethics
Uber Is Built on Trust
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Ethics, Magazine Articles
Uber isn’t in the taxi business. It’s not really in the dispatch business, or even in the tech business. It’s… Read More
Toyota: Not So Fast, Guys
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Case Studies, Editorial & Opinion, Ethics, Magazine Articles
The automotive industry has furnished the field of engineering ethics with more than one “paradigm” case that generations of budding… Read More
GM Ignition Switch Recall: Too Little Too Late?
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Ethics, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
How much stuff do you carry on your keyring? Besides keys, I mean. Some minimalists like my wife carry car… 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
Updating a Declaration
By John Havens on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Ethics, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles
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
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
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
Smart Cities and Their Smart Decisions: Ethical Considerations
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Ethics, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
In many respects, information and communication technologies (ICTs) pose new challenges to society. It is worth recognizing what ICTs represent… Read More
Recommendations for Future Development of Artificial Agents
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Ethics, Magazine Articles, Robotics, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact
A set of technologies, loosely referred to as “artificial agents,” is becoming more pervasive and more powerful in the current… Read More
Videoconferencing for Civil Commitment: Preserving Dignity
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Ethics, Health & Medical, Leading Edge, Magazine Articles, Privacy & Security
Civil commitment (i.e., civil involuntary hospitalization and treatment) is sometimes necessary to treat some psychiatric patients, especially those believed… 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
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