Unintended consequences of technological development matter in practice and thus are not just of academic interest. SSIT would do well to spark constructive and practical discussion about managing unintended consequences.
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Tuning Networks for Prosocial Behavior
By Sun Sun Lim on January 17th, 2020 in Commentary, Ethics, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact
Social media have been seen to accelerate the spread of negative content such as disinformation and hate speech, often unleashing a reckless herd mentality within networks, further aggravated by malicious entities using bots for amplification. So far, the response to this emerging global crisis has centered around social media platform companies making reactive moves
Digitus Secundus: The Swipe
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
As 2015 marked the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Holocaust concentration camps, I downloaded an audio recording of… 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
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