Video - Responsibility
This week's content video considers some abstract ways to think about / conceptualise Responsibility.
Transcript:
Reading
Required - Debates About Responsibility
"“Who Should Stop Unethical A.I.?"
https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/who-should-stop-unethical-ai
This article is not very focused (and arguably trying too hard to give "both sides"), but it brings up a lot of varying viewpoints on where the responsibility lies in stopping harmful tech development. I recommend focusing discussion on highlighting and summarising what these views are, then comparing their merits.
Optional - Personal Responsibility
"Directions for Future Work: From #TechWontBuildIt to #DesignJustice"
This chapter discusses a campaign of tech workers organising to refuse to create certain kinds of software. This movement leans heavily towards person responsibility.
As does: "The Responsibility to Not Design and the Need for Citizen Professionalism"
https://techotherwise.pubpub.org/pub/vizamy14/release/1
Much shorter, but also much less informative.
Tutorials
This week is the first week of tutorials.
As the membership of tutorial groups should finalise this week, I will announce subgroups at the end of the week (probably over the weekend).