The Ethical Implications Of Artificial Intelligence

One of the most significant concern facing IT industry in the 21st century is legal, social, ethical and professional issues that are associated with appropriate uses of technologies in computing. During the implantation of the Greenwich Freecycling website, many of these issues were encountered. By deploying the correct combination of technologies that is available when implementing the website some of these issues were conquered and overcome.

The essay “Watson Doesn’t Know It Won on Jeopardy!” is a paper written by John Searle on February 23, 2011 that probes at how IBM’s computer Watson has no human understanding whatsoever. Searle begins by clearing up the common misconceptions about what a computer actually is. Searle explains that a computer is simply a machine that manipulates symbols based on a programs needs and wants, and that the computational power of a computer is not human understanding; it is in fact a measure of how fast a computer can manipulate symbols. Searle then proceeds to explain the process of how a computer works in terms of a human. He explains that a computer does not understand human language at all. A computer just has a program (in binary) that tells

What’s the first thing you think of when someone says, “Artificial Intelligence”? The Terminator? Perhaps the Matrix trilogy? Ever since the inception of the computer, science fiction has brought us scenes of super-intelligent computers who want to take over all of mankind. In reality, Artificial Intelligence is still in it’s infancy, and has done much more good for humans than bad. Over time, people’s perspective of AI has changed drastically. We have gone from thinking that AI will take over the world and obliterate mankind to thinking about all the benefits we can get from AI. The change in people’s perspective lately towards a more positive view of AI has boosted the production, sales, and advancement of home automation and AI, making

In my family, we have had many people’s lives change due to different types of cancer. In 2017 alone, there were statistics that there would be an estimated 1,688,780 new cancer cases, and 600,920 deaths caused by cancer in the U.S. alone. With these numbers, it shows that every minute, 3 people get diagnosed to a type of cancer. Every minute 1 person dies from cancer. (American Cancer Society, “Cancer Statistical Center”) Cancer is like a deadly weapon in war that we can’t do anything about, and it causes people to fear for their life. But what if I told you about new advances in technology that could save many people's lives. Even though cancer is a dangerous thing in the year 2017, we are also gaining new technology to stop all different types of cancer. Once we can find a way to stop every type of cancer, the

Chapter eight of Ethics and Technology: Controversies, Questions, and Strategies for Ethical Computing by Herman T. Tavani is about intellectual property disputes. Tavani defines intellectual property as an intangible form of property that is protected by a system of laws through which authors and inventors are given ownership rights over their creative works and inventions. There are four legal frameworks for protecting intellectual property. The first of these is copyright laws. Copyright laws protect authors. An author can also be an individual or an entity such as an organization or corporation. The first United States copyright law was created in 1790 and protected books, maps, and charts. As newer forms of media were developed, copy right protection has extended to them also. In 1980 copyright laws were amended to include computers, programs and databases that exhibit authorship. In order for something to be protected with copyright laws it must be original, nonfunctional, and also fixed in a tangible medium. The second legal framework is patents which protects individuals who create an invention or process. Patent laws require that inventions be useful, novel, and nonobvious. The third legal framework is trademarks. A trademark is a word, name, phrase or symbol that identifies a product or service. To qualify for a trademark the mark should be distinctive. The last legal framework for protection is a trade secret. A trade secret is highly valuable

Watson is very powerful using hardware that consist of 10 racks of IBM power 750 servers that run Linux. Watson also has 15 terabytes of ram and 2880 processor cores. What makes Watson fast is the operating speed of 80 teraflops. Watson operates by pulling from a database of information from its internal hard drive or memory. Watson needs so much powerful hardware, because researchers want Watson to be able to compile the answer to information in less than 3 seconds.

Are you one of the millions of humans that take their individuality for granted? If so, adding a replica of a loved one no big deal. Or is it? Human cloning, will it be the wave of the future which will create a human being that will genetically superior or simple replace a loved one that died? What would a parent pay to replace a lost child $1000.00, $10,000.00, or as much as one million dollars, and if so would this be justifiable, moral, or even ethical? Cloning another human being through artificial means draws speculation, fear, and debate. These concerns would suggest that it borders unethical boundaries, is currently not safe enough for human reproduction. The causes,

You have picked a good topic to expound on! Just about everything anyone does on a daily basis involves ethics. Whether you think you should do something or not because it is “right” or “wrong”. In the intelligence community, this is even more of a big deal that just in regular life. The operators in the intelligence community do things every day that are questionable. I agree with you source that there should be a “code of ethics” that should be public. In doing this, it will strengthen the public trust and help them gain the backing they need. That code would make agents more accountable as well. Keeping the sensitive information sensitive, the action of these agents would be governed by this code.

To find out whether a computer can not only hold vast amounts of data, but to be able to assess that data quickly, Jeopardy is a logical way to test it. The reason Jeopardy makes sense as a test platform is because the average contestant on Jeopardy has such a complex understanding of different subjects, viewers have often compared them to computers. Eugene Finerman told the Wall Street Journal (1990) that he had to scan over at least 200 issues of Time magazine to feel like he could answer a good amount of questions. However, testing the computer on a quiz show means that the computer only had to be as smart as the human players it was competing against. Testing multiple computers (with different knowledge, software, or with some other difference) would be more adequate competitors.

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A journey down the fine line of ethical concerns in computing. However there is a constant change in nature and in technology. Therefore, change creates a difficulty in what specific moral codes are to be followed when viewing the region of computer technology, moreover it is a necessity that ethics be considered when making decisions in this specific region. Computing or in other words the use or operation of computers (Bowles, M. D. 2013). Has created a whole new set of ethical concerns, different in its own way. For example, Software Theft were someone is utilizing software however did not go through proper protocol to do so like paying for it; unauthorized use of hardware or the use of computers to commit fraud, hacking, lacking rights to the product, virus used in the act of sabotage. There are more personal issues as well like making false claims on computer merchandise, responsibility for the reliability of output, and the degradation of work.

Unsustainability in the environment stemmed from human assumption, mechanisms, and economics. Human systems are used because they provide consumers with products that it necessary, yet these necessary contraptions are the root cause to an unsustainable environment (Chiras, 2016). Human systems seem to be extensively using renewable and nonrenewable resources faster than what the environment can provide, which ends up hurting the environment in the long run.

Privacy has become an important piece in technological perspective where there is a strong bond between privacy and human beings when concerned to technology usage. Information whether personal or private with respect to technology are major concerns in Technoethics. Each innovation of this modern era has its ethical issues.

Protection of personal data and information is the highest priority of the organization in order to retain the employees and customers and to achieve competitive advantage in the market. It is because through the protection of personal information of employees and customers, they are motivated to sustain the relationship with the companies and enjoy the working with the companies. The protection of personal information is also referred to the implementation of appropriate administrative, technical and physical safeguards in order to ensure the security and confidentiality of data records (Kolin, 2009). The protecting of personal information also includes the protection of both security and confidentiality against any threat that could create harm, embarrassment, inconvenience and unfairness to any individual.