Computer Ethics I:
Should We Trust Computers?
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Note 2: In general, works are listed in chronological order.
(This makes it easier to follow the historical development of ideas.)
Part V: Further Reading on Computer Ethics:
§17.1: Introduction
On automated vehicles, see:
§17.2: Decisions and Computers
On game-playing computers:
§17.5: Should Computers Make Decisions with Us?
§17.6: Should We Trust Decisions Computers Make?
§17.6.1: The Bias Problem
§17.6.2: The Black Box Problem:
§17.7: Are There Decisions Computers Must Make for Us?
§17.8: Are There Decisions Computers Shouldn't Make?
to name just three.
Rapaport, W.J. (1986).
Review of Johnson and Snapper 1985. Teaching Philosophy,
9(3):275–278
… we know exactly how deep learning works. It's not a black box. It's
a
complex data-gobbling number-crunching white box. We just can't force the
results into our familiar concepts. When we try, and fail, it all starts to
look mysterious.
"Medicines without obvious mechanisms of action are still vetted by the
FDA."
— Herrman, John (2023),
"The AI Magic Show", New York
Magazine/Intelligencer (18 January)
"There are at least three philosophies that are used in the choice of test
data. … Most users of a large program are not interested in the
details of its functioning; they only wish to obtain answers. That is,
they wish to treat the program as a black box. … In the
glass-box method of testing, the logical structure of the program
is examined, and for each alternative that may occur, test data are
derived that will lead to that alternative. … Let us mention one
further philosophy of program testing, the philosophy that is,
unfortunately, quite widely used. This might be called the
ticking-box method. It consists of doing no testing at all after
the project is fairly well debugged, but instead turning it over to the
customer for trial and acceptance. The result, of course, is a time
bomb."
— Robert L. Kruse, Data Structures and Program Designs (1987)
[quoted on the cover of Computing Reviews 31(2) (February 1990)]
Nicas, J., Kitroeff, N., Gelles, D., and Glanz, J.
(2019, 1 June). Boeing built deadly assumptions into 737 Max,
blind to a late design change. New York Times.
"Rosenberg on the 'threat' to our self-understanding posed
by neuroscience", Leiter Reports: A Philosophy Blog
(20 November 2018).
Beebee, H. (2017, 5 October). Who is Rachel? Blade Runner and personal
identity.
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