There is a large, vast ocean of writing on AI available out in the world. Either one hears AI boosterism, singing the praises of all it could do in some future, like curing cancer or ending poverty; or doomerism, and how AI could destroy human civilizatio... See more
In teaching engineering ethics, we cover quite a few case studies of actual engineering disasters to trace out what went wrong, what choices the people involved made, and why. And there is no shortage of such cases from the history of engineering and tech... See more
This is the first of a regular series wherein our ethics panel of experts weigh in on some topic or question of concern to working engineers. For this column, the problem is one that turns up quite frequently; the question of stamping engineering drawings... See more
We are all familiar with the so-called world-defining event; some joyous or, more often than not, catastrophic event that marks time in such a way that people know and remember exactly where they were or what they were doing when they first heard the news... See more
I recently received an email with the phrase “ethics of neurotechnology” in the subject line and was more than intrigued. The email reported that in November, UNESCO announced it had adopted a global standard that dealt with the ethics of neurotechnology.... See more
