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Recent Ethics Articles
High Altitude Long-Range Networking (HALoN) for Crisis Communication, a research prototype used in high-stakes environments, enables temporary access to communication infrastructure, particularly for communities and organizations that lack the resources. Engineers must not only ask whether a system can be built, but whether it should be built in a particular way, and who bears the consequences when it is not.
Examining the ethical paradox of AI鈥檚 potential for environmental good combined with its current environmental harms.
Rethinking the Purpose of the Land AcknowledgmentLand acknowledgement can serve its purpose of revealing truth and initiating healing when the meaning of land, from an Indigenous perspective, is clear.
Recent Ethics Cases
An AI Ethics Case StudyAssessing the creation of a posthumous AI and the complexities of consent.
- An Ethics Case Study
High Altitude Long-Range Networking (HALoN) for Crisis Communication, a research prototype used in high-stakes environments, enables temporary access to communication infrastructure, particularly for communities and organizations that lack the resources.
A Study in Health Care EthicsTianyu Tan, biology major, highlights facts about the Rabies virus and exploring ethical issues regarding diagnosis, access, and the high cost of obtaining necessary rabies treatments.
Blogs
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Internet Ethics: Views From Silicon Valley
Internet Ethics Director Irina Raicu comments on privacy, big data, access, and other issues.