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Author: Teagan Ampe

Volume 4 Issue 2

Autonomous Accidents: The Ethics of Self-Driving Car Crashes

Teagan Ampe December 12, 2020 Autonomous VehiclesRawlsian EthicsRights ApproachUtilitarianism

Abstract Self-driving cars are no longer confined to the realm of sci-fi; a variety of autonomous vehicles are under development by companies around the world.…

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Fall 2020 Weekly News Profile

Fines for Fire-Induced Blackouts?

Teagan Ampe November 2, 2020 BlackoutsCaliforniaFiresLiability

11/2/2020 The California wildfires of October 2019 affected vast swaths of residents, forcing hundreds of thousands to evacuate their homes and many to lose their…

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Fall 2020 Weekly News Profile

The Unnerving Implications of Brain-Computer Interfaces

Teagan Ampe September 28, 2020 AutonomyBrain-Computer InterfacesComputer SciencePrivacy

9/28/2020 Elon Musk has always been one for lofty technological goals, but he’s not always concerned with their societal or ethical implications. During a recent…

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Summer 2020 Weekly News Profile

Explaining Artificially Intelligent Decisions

Teagan Ampe July 27, 2020 AIArtificial IntelligenceBiasMachine LearningRight to an Explanation

7/27/2020 AI decision-making is everywhere these days. Getting a loan, getting an apartment, getting bail: in all three of these cases, there could be analgorithm taking…

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Summer 2020 Weekly News Profile

The Difficulties of Distanced Learning

Teagan Ampe July 2, 2020 CoronavirusCOVID-19EducationRemote Learning

7/2/2020 Remote learning just isn’t the same. Ask any college student, or really any student who’s old enough to articulate their thoughts and has in…

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Summer 2020 Weekly News Profile

Delivery While We’re in Dire Straits

Teagan Ampe June 1, 2020 CoronavirusCOVID-19DeliveryFood

6/1/2020 Despite everything, life goes on: we sleep, we wake up, we check our phones while trying not to think too hard about how large…

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Spring 2020 Weekly News Profile

Reopening the Country: When, How, and What’s the Cost?

Teagan Ampe April 20, 2020 CoronavirusCOVID-19EconomySocial Distancing

4/20/2020 It’s the question on everyone’s mind: when will things get back to normal? Unfortunately, the answer isn’t as straightforward as one might hope, and…

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Spring 2020 Weekly News Profile

Fake News, Real Effects

Teagan Ampe March 2, 2020 Fake NewsFreedom of SpeechSocial MediaSoftware Development

3/2/2020 It’s 2020, which means that just like four years ago, we’re again thrust into a massive, messy morass of politics every time we dare…

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Fall 2019 Weekly News Profile

How Lab-Grown Brains are Challenging Our Concept of Sentience

Teagan Ampe October 28, 2019 NeuroscienceOrganism SentienceStem Cells

10/28/2019 Growing human brains may sound like something out of a mad science movie, but believe it or not, scientists are able to do just…

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Volume 4 Issue 2

The Ethics of Self-Driving Cars

Isabel Yarwood Perez December 12, 2020

Self-driving cars process huge amounts of sensory information in a very short amount of time. The processing speed of this information allows self-driving cars to make an informed decision on how to act in the case of an accident. In scenarios where casualties are unavoidable, this produces an ethical dilemma in determining who should survive, raising questions about how the value of a life should be calculated. Ultimately, because all lives are equal and no individual should have power over deciding the fate of the lives of others, self-driving cars are unethical.

Volume 4 Issue 2

Profitable Risk: The Dangers of Consumer Spaceflight and Space Tourism

Brandon Dillon December 12, 2020

Society is rapidly approaching an era in which ordinary civilians can purchase tickets to become passengers on space vehicles. Companies worldwide are deep in the development of infrastructure and technology to provide spaceflight for amusement and transportation. These endeavors deviate fundamentally from traditional spaceflight and raise questions about the ethical implications of commercial spaceflight with civilian passengers.

Volume 4 Issue 2

Autonomous Accidents: The Ethics of Self-Driving Car Crashes

Teagan Ampe December 12, 2020

Abstract Self-driving cars are no longer confined to the realm of sci-fi; a variety of autonomous vehicles are under development by companies around the world.…

Volume 4 Issue 2

Sounds So Good It Hurts

Ryan Dale December 12, 2020

Abstract The audio industry is not typically one that most would consider dangerous. However, the act of music compression and the expansion of large music…

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Fall 2020 Weekly News Profile

Galactic Law and Ownership

Michael DeLucia November 9, 2020

11/9/2020 Space exploration is as fascinating as it is frightening. With plans to explore Mars and beyond proposed for upcoming decades, sooner rather than later,…

Fall 2020 Weekly News Profile

Fines for Fire-Induced Blackouts?

Teagan Ampe November 2, 2020

11/2/2020 The California wildfires of October 2019 affected vast swaths of residents, forcing hundreds of thousands to evacuate their homes and many to lose their…

Fall 2020 Weekly News Profile

Tech Companies Accruing Monopolies that Harken Back to the Days of “Oil Barons and Railroad Tycoons”

Isabel Brieler October 26, 2020

10/26/2020 A sixteen-month investigation into tech giants including Facebook, Amazon, Apple, and Google has finally been completed with the filing of a lawsuit against Google by the…

Fall 2020 Weekly News Profile

Who Should Get a New COVID-19 Vaccine First?

Isabel Yarwood Perez October 19, 2020

10/19/2020 As flu season nears with an expected spike in cases, many companies are rushing to develop a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine as soon…

Fall 2020 Weekly News Profile

Balancing Integrity with Privacy in Virtual Learning

Michael DeLucia October 5, 2020

10/5/2020 With the coronavirus pandemic continuing much longer than anticipated, schools adjusting to fully virtual classes or a hybrid model are scrambling to find ways…

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