Wrongfully Accused by an Algorithm
|| Facial Recognition || Media Article || Long (10+ min)
In what may be the first known case of its kind, a faulty facial recognition match led to a Michigan man’s arrest for a crime he did not commit.
Long (10+ min)
Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?
|| Internet/Privacy || Media Article || Long (10+ min)
Author Jean M. Twenge examines how smartphone and tablet access has impacted the "iGen" (those who grew up around these technologies), including its impact on loneliness, depression, sleep, and other aspects.
We're Building a Dystopia Just to Make People Click on Ads
|| Internet/Privacy || Video || Long (10+ min)
A techno-sociologist discusses "persuasion architecture", or how AI can be used to conrol people's actions, as well as what might be done in response.
ACM Code of Ethics & Professional Conduct
Professional Ethics || Report || Long (10+ min)
The 2018 edition of the Association of Computing Machinery's Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct.
Trolley Problems and Other Difficult Moral Questions
General Ethics || Report || Long (10+ min)
A comprehensive definiton of the trolley problem, its variations, and similar problems.