Digital Ethics

Rumman Chowdhury, Timnit Gebru, Safiya Noble, Seeta Peña Gangadharan, and Joy Buolamwini open up about their artificial intelligence fears

Explore the moral and ethical issues which arise at the intersection of novel technology and engineering In Ethics, Technology, and Engineering: An Introduction, a team of distinguished researchers delivers an insightful and thought-provoking exploration of some of the toughest ethical questions found at the crossroads of engineering and technology. The book demonstrates the skills necessary to effectively grapple with ethical issues that arise from the practice of engineering. The authors introduce the ethical cycle, a unique and systematic approach to dealing with ethical problems. They utilize numerous real-life case studies from the United States, Europe, and elsewhere to shed important light on the ethical issues that arise in the daily work of practicing engineers. They also provide a comprehensive overview of various ethical frameworks used in engineering, including utilitarianism, deontological ethics, virtue ethics, Ubuntu, and Confucianism. Readers will also find: A thorough introduction to a practice-oriented approach to ethical decision-making in engineering Comprehensive explorations of the ethical cycle, an approach that encourages students to consider a diversity of ethical viewpoints and come to reasoned and justified judgments Practical discussions of ethical issues in engineering design, technological risks, and moral responsibility Treatments of sustainability and how it affects professionals working in engineering, as well as responsible innovationPerfect for engineers, technologists, and entrepreneurs, Ethics, Technology, and Engineering: An Introduction will also benefit businesspeople and founders interested in the ethical implications of a variety of fascinating new technologies.

A resource addressing the common questions that many journalists have about artificial intelligence (AI) systems.

What are people talking about when they talk about AI? There have been many technologies that have been promoted under the name "artificial intelligence" and…

This tracker identifies AI legislative policy and related developments in a subset of jurisdictions.

🚨NEW TRACKER - #AI REGULATION AROUND THE WORLD 🌍 Countries worldwide are designing and implementing #AIgovernance regulatory initiatives commensurate to…

This paper "A Matrix for Selecting Responsible AI Frameworks" from June 2023 looks at more than 40 existing responsible AI frameworks to help organizations…

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Climate Conscious Commerce: Web energy efficiency. How do we actually make the internet is a green alternative?

And the first case on the docket may well be Russia’s cyberattacks against civilian critical infrastructure in Ukraine.

A case related to the data that trained generative AI could “absolutely” be taken up by the Supreme Court, say experts. How did we get here?

Employees are using AI whether companies have a policy or not, and they could be putting sensitive data at risk.

Companies need to appreciate that electronic replacements for mechanical devices are not an improvement for all of their customers

The Digital Services Act, a landmark tech reform, aims to rein in algorithms and prevent some personalized advertising

Thousands of workers in the Philippines labor for San Francisco start-up Scale AI. Many don’t always get paid.

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The online retailer’s size and sway affects the free exchange of ideas, the groups argue. The Biden administration has stepped up enforcement of antitrust policies.

Dylan Baker is an engineer and researcher currently advocating for and building toward more just algorithmic futures at the Distributed AI Research Institute. In this...

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Ifeoma Ajunwa, author of The Quantified Worker, about how work lives have become quantified for the benefit of employers.

During the first year of Russia’s illegal war in Ukraine, social media companies enabled the Kremlin to run a large-scale disinformation campaign targeting the European Union and its allies, reaching an aggregate audience of at least 165 million and generating at least 16 billion views. Preliminary analysis suggests that the reach and influence of Kremlin-backed accounts has grown further in the first half of 2023, driven in particular by the dismantling of Twitter’s safety standards.

Learn more about the current moment for language technology and how the UW's computational linguistics program prepares students to work in the field in this Q&A with program director Emily M. Bender.

Cohen gave a speech at the 60th Anniversary of the March on Washington.

AI companies are using copyrighted works to train their systems. The lawsuits are just getting started

Investigating how tech firms like OpenAI and Meta teach their algorithms right from wrong, TIME’s Billy Perrigo discovered routine exploitation in the Global South.

In October 2022, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy released a “Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights,” identifying five principles that…

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“The computer has long been a solution looking for problems—the ultimate technological fix which insulates us from having to look at problems.” – Joseph Weizenbaum (1983)   Trying to kee…

Computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum was there at the dawn of artificial intelligence – but he was also adamant that we must never confuse computers with humans