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Spring 2021 Weekly News Profile

Learning to Trust Black Box Artificial Intelligence

Rolls-Royce’s “AI 2.0” has a massive series of checks to ensure its integrity; should this be the standard for other “explainable” AIs?

Summer 2020 Weekly News Profile

Explaining Artificially Intelligent Decisions

Teagan Ampe July 27, 2020 Artificial Intelligence Bias Machine Learning Right 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…

Fall 2019 Weekly News Profile

The Dangers of Drones

Connor Buckley November 18, 2019 Artificial Intelligence Drones Military

11/18/2019 The drone industry is growing rapidly, and many drone companies are pushing the limits of what is possible with drone technology. Engineering feats are being accomplished…

Spring 2019 Weekly News Profile

Hiding in Plain Sight

Connor Buckley April 26, 2019 Artificial Intelligence Surveillance

4/26/2019 Profiled article Knight, Will. “How to Hide from the AI Surveillance State with a Color Printout.” MIT Technology Review, MIT Technology Review, 23 Apr.…

Spring 2019 Weekly News Profile

Can AI Replace Doctors? Someone Asked Them

Rachel Longjohn January 25, 2019 Artificial Intelligence Biomedical Engineering Computer Science Health

1/25/2019 Profile article M. Scudellari, “AI Won’t Replace Us, Docs Say”, Dec. 20, 2018. [Online] IEEE Spectrum: Technology, Engineering, and Science News. Available at: https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-human-os/biomedical/ethics/ai-wont-replace-us-docs-say [Accessed 24…

Fall 2018 Weekly News Profile

Training Gender Bias into Resumé Readers

VCE October 12, 2018 Artificial Intelligence Computer Science Machine Learning Sex-Based Differences

10/12/2018 Profiled article J. Dastin, “Amazon scraps secret AI recruiting tool that showed bias against women”, reuters.com, Oct. 09, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-com-jobs-automation-insight/amazon-scraps-secret-ai-recruiting-tool-that-showed-bias-against-women-idUSKCN1MK08G?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=Social Profile This week we’ll…

Spring 2018 Volume 2 Issue 1

An Investigation into the Ethical Implications of Deep Sea Mining

Aaron VanLandingham May 21, 2018 Artificial Intelligence Computer Science Substrate-Based Intelligence

While many still associate deep sea mining with science fiction, recent developments have proven that ocean mining could be a very profitable reality in just…

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Fall 2020 Featured 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.

Fall 2020 Featured 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.

Fall 2020 Featured Volume 4 Issue 2

Autonomous Accidents: The Ethics of Self-Driving Car Crashes

Teagan Ampe December 12, 2020

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. Before they hit consumer markets, though, manufacturers, lawmakers, and society as a whole must decide how cars should behave ethically in the worst-case scenario: a possibly fatal crash.

Fall 2020 Featured Volume 4 Issue 2

Sounds So Good It Hurts

Ryan Dale December 12, 2020

The audio industry is not typically one that most would consider dangerous. However, the act of music compression and the expansion of large music festivals has created a perfect environment for damaged hearing. The engineers in this industry are instrumental in this process, and they have an obligation to prevent these hearing related injuries. This is due to their responsibility to look out for the common good, the utility of society, their own virtue, and the implications of their ethical code.

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Featured Spring 2021 Weekly News Profile

The Inequality of Virtual Reality

Tyler Amano-Smerling February 22, 2021

Virtual reality seems like a great escape, especially after nearly a year of lockdown, but it’s rife with inequities; do technology companies have a responsibility to combat these inequities before VR becomes a larger part of our daily lives?

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,…

Viterbi Conversations in Ethics

Tag: Artificial Intelligence

Learning to Trust Black Box Artificial Intelligence

Explaining Artificially Intelligent Decisions

The Dangers of Drones

Hiding in Plain Sight

Can AI Replace Doctors? Someone Asked Them

Training Gender Bias into Resumé Readers

An Investigation into the Ethical Implications of Deep Sea Mining

The Ethics of Self-Driving Cars

Profitable Risk: The Dangers of Consumer Spaceflight and Space Tourism

Autonomous Accidents: The Ethics of Self-Driving Car Crashes

Sounds So Good It Hurts

The Inequality of Virtual Reality

Learning to Trust Black Box Artificial Intelligence

How Apps are Influencing Reddit’s War with Wall Street

Galactic Law and Ownership