Ethics Resources
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Recent Ethics Articles
Register and Join Us for a Series of Four WebinarsUpcoming webinars will address four themes from the recent encyclical: AI and education, AI and labor, AI and consciousness, and disarming AI.
How does media representation of Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) women affect their democratic participation? More specifically, what are the mechanisms by which representation either enables or forecloses participation, and how can the negative cycle be broken?
A new report zooms in on complexity in California.When information scarcity and water scarcity meet, oversimplifications are likely to lead to worse outcomes for both opponents and proponents of data center development.
Recent Ethics Cases
An Ethics Case StudyHigh 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.
A case study investigating the interaction between virtual and real objects in a mixed-reality environment and its impact on cognitive load and task performance.
Blogs
All About Ethics
Internet Ethics: Views From Silicon Valley
Internet Ethics Director Irina Raicu comments on privacy, big data, access, and other issues.