Introduction

Lecture

This week's lecture covers an outline of the structure of the course, along with a quick overview of what topics we'll be covering.

Slides: 

Transcript: 
pi_2223_transcript1_topic_overview.docx

Reading

Required - Motivation

"“You Can’t Sit With Us”: Exclusionary Pedagogy in AI Ethics Education"

https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3442188.3445914

The first four sections of this paper talk about the current state of AI/CS ethics education, and theorise how this has been caused by a distancing from (or "exclusion" of) the social sciences, among other things.

The fifth section is less relevant, at least until we swing back around to talking about teaching at the end of the course.

I recommend using Hypothesis for the core readings of this course. Instructions for joining in:

• Sign up and get the browser extension from here: https://web.hypothes.is/
• Join the Professional Issues group here: https://hypothes.is/groups/E1MqQbBL/professional-issues
• Activate the browser extension on the pdf to comment on and discuss the reading.

Optional - Common Objections

"Finding Virtue in the Virtual"

https://systems-souls-society.com/finding-virtue-in-the-virtual/

The first section of this article addresses the common objections to studying tech ethics that "tech is neutral" and that "technical developments are inevitable".