Hi folks,

Thanks for those of you that attended my talk yesterday. There were some great questions like how do we resolve axiomatic differences in values (recognizing that such differences exist is a start), how do approaches to the design of technologies apply to places with different value systems (I’m a fan of self-determination), and is there a trade-off between privacy-enhancing technologies and the spread of disinformation (maybe, but I worry that this is a red-herring that would discredit privacy-by-design technologies writ large and assumes a kind of benevolence in those who control the means of communication—there’s great work on this by legal scholar Tim Wu). 

I’ve uploaded my slides (jaredmoore.org/assets/state_of_ethics.pdf) for those interested. My resources page (jaredmoore.org/resources) lists a number of the organizations and newsletters I use to stay active in this space.

Please follow up with me with any other questions or feedback you might have.

Warmly, 

Jared
jared@jaredmoore.org

On Apr 22, 2019, at 12:25, Galen Weld <gweld@cs.washington.edu> wrote:

Reminder - happening tomorrow!

On Thu, Apr 18, 2019 at 5:44 PM Galen Weld <gweld@cs.washington.edu> wrote:
Hi all,
Please join us next Tuesday, April 23, for a presentation by Jared Moore.

Where: CSE 203
When April 23, 12:00-1:00pm

What:
abstract
In the past few years, the term “ethics” has increased in prominence with regard to computer science and related disciplines. It’s everywhere—in New York Times opinion articles, grants from the Mozilla Foundation, and in standards discussion groups at the IEEE. In many ways, this increased prominence tracks growing awareness with the ills of computational disciplines. It responds to privacy scandals at Facebook, flying killer robots assisted by Google, and in technological encroachment described as colonial. In this talk, I describe the state of ethics in computer science, why it matters, who is involved, and what it accomplishes.

bio
Jared Moore is a research fellow at the Wadhwani Institute for Artificial Intelligence where he builds tools, writes policy, and forwards ethics. He has a master’s in computer science from the University of Washington where he worked with Richard Anderson on digital financial services and taught a course on computer ethics. He has written for venues like TechCrunch.
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