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Artificial Morality/Friendly AI Study by the Ethics & Emerging Technologies Group at California Stat - (USA)
Somehow I missed this back in February: The Artificial Morality of the Robot Warrior . (Blog post by Nicholas Carr, who in case you’re not familiar, is somewhat of a big deal .) The Ethics & Emerging Technologies Group at Cal Poly wrote up a report on roboethics for the US Navy. This was covered by the Times of London. Why is it necessary we explore the possibility of engineering robot morality? Perhaps robot ethics has not received the attention it needs, at least in the US, g
http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/michael/blog/2009/05/artificial-moralityfriendly-ai-study-by-the-ethics-emerging-technologies-group-at-california-state-polytechnic-university/
Science in SF at the WorldCon - (USA)
The next big event on the summer convention schedule is the 67th World Science Fiction Convention - Anticipation - to be held in Montreal on August 6-10. Amidst the author readings, writing workshops, filk singing, costume crafting, there will be panels on many SF and fantasy topics, including science in SF. The Master of Ceremonies is former biologist and SF author Julie E. Czerneda . Not surprisingly, Czerneda's novels have a strong bioscience basis. She is also the author of the non-
http://sciencefictionbiology.blogspot.com/2009/08/science-in-sf-at-worldcon.html
Computer Ethics: A Case-based Approach - (USA)
Computer Ethics: A Case-based Approach “Barger (U. of Notre Dame) presents an introduction to the field of computer ethics. He first deals with the philosophy of ethics and explores efforts to construct a unifying theory of computer ethics. He also addresses psychological factors affecting computer ethics, whether there can be a professional ethics of computing, computer ethics and international development, and ethics and robotics. For most of the remaining chapters, each topical discussion
http://www.netbks.com/programming/general-programming-programming/computer-ethics-a-case-based-approach_16079.html
Monica Conyers The Subject Of Yet Another Investigation - Possibly Left Office With $21,300 Of Suppl - (USA)
That's right - $21,000 worth of computers, software, a digital camera, a camcorder, etc. A possible parting gift to herself for the great job she's done for Detroit. Bwahahaha. That was a good one. Monica resigned, but has the uncanny ability, much like Kwame, to continue to give Detroit black eye after black eye after the fact. From The Detroit Free Press: Cockrel: $21,300 in goods missing from Conyers' office.Detroit City Council President Ken Cockrel Jr. sent a memo to his council colleagues
http://theblogprof.blogspot.com/2009/07/monica-conyers-subject-of-yet-another.html
Ethical Wills: Preserving Your Legacy of Values - (USA)
Ethical Wills: Preserving and Sharing Your Legacy of Values With Your Family
http://www.ethicalwill.com/
Handwriting on the Sky - Ethics for Programmers: Primum non Nocere - (USA)
http://glyf.livejournal.com/46589.html?
Lazy Sunday Links 11.23.08: Sex, Football, and Meteor Tape! Ok, not really sex, but there is some c - (USA)
Wow! Forget that there is football on this afternoon! I have, especially for you, something way more super exciting: an hour long downloadable webinar from Attenex on ESI (Electronically Stored Information) and Ethics. Ethics people!!! So you know right away that it is going to be salacious. The only downside is that you have to download the WebEx player before the actual webinar. If you have any questions on downloading please feel free to email me at Gabe@GabesGuide.com. If I don’t a
http://gabesguide.com/?p=1521
Coding Horror: A Question of Programming Ethics - (USA)
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001072.html
cryptogon.com » Archives » High-Traffic Colluding Tor Routers in Washington, D.C., an - (USA)
http://cryptogon.com/?p=624
Ways to Make Money Fast- 3 Surefire Good Ways to Make Money - (USA)
by Roger Twose Are you working on ways to make money fast? I don’t blame you because the times are tough. Everywhere you look around, there is chaos and growing fear of the economy which doesn’t seem to improve anywhere in the near future. No wonder no one is sure how long their jobs will last. Yet there is some good news for you. And that is increasingly more people are looking online to make money fast and easy. In fact, this isn’t totally surprising. The entire landscape of internet usa
http://yettip.com/2009/07/ways-to-make-money-fast-3-surefire-good-ways-to-make-money/
Professional ethics alert: Lawyers - be careful who you send those emails to. - (USA)
« Ode to the mediocre professor | Main | Brewing controversy - how will law schools report to USNWR the employment status of deferred grads? » This is an interesting and important post from the Lawyerist blog reminding lawyers of the pitfalls of communicating with clients through their private email accounts if clients access those accounts from their work computers. There has been a growing awareness—and a line of cases—about the risks of sending privileged emails back and forth with clien
http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/legalwriting/2009/05/professional-ethics-alert-lawyers-be-careful-who-you-send-those-emails-to.html
Add Your Comment: - (USA)
« PreviousSarah, Sarah, Sarah... Next »Health Care Mobs: Week #2 #deathpanel on Twitter Posted by Karen TumultySaturday, August 8, 2009 at 4:21 pm 25 Comments • Trackback (0) • Related Topics: health care, people, sarah palin, death panel, euthanasia Tweeps weigh in* on Sarah Palin's scary, scary Facebook post:And:*Find them here. PrintE-mailComment TwitterLinkedIn Facebook MORE... Add to my:del.icio.usTechnoratiredditGoogle BookmarksMixxStumbleUpon Blog this on:TypePadLiveJournalBloggerM
http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2009/08/08/deathpanel-on-twitter/
Bruce Schneier Blazes Through Your Questions - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog - (USA)
Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt, authors of Freakonomics, keep the conversation going from their best-selling book that explores the hidden side of everything.
http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/04/bruce-schneier-blazes-through-your-questions/
2 lawmakers say computers hacked by Chinese - Yahoo! News - (USA)
Two House members said Wednesday their Capitol Hill computers, containing information about political dissidents from around the world, have been hacked by sources apparently working out of China.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080611/ap_on_go_co/china_hacking_12
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CITY HALL ETHICS INVESTIGATION OF MAYOR FUNKY?!? - (USA)
Because video games and (not-so) casual weed use has fried your brains . . . LET'S NOT FORGET THAT MAYOR FUNKY IS STILL UNDER AN ETHICS INVESTIGATION AT CITY HALL!!! A part of the investigation that was expanded somewhat recently relates to allegations that Mayor Funky might have used City Resources for his own financial gain . Specifically, allegations are connected to Mayor Funky's website advertising his second job. Specifically, some of the resources (i.e. photos) he used were City
http://www.tonyskansascity.com/2009/08/what-happened-to-city-hall-ethics.html
Uncovering the truth behind “50% of teens post senstive information” - (USA)
Last week we saw a plethora of New Zealand headlines bemoaning the poor behaviour of ‘kids today’ – this time in how they handle their sensitive information online. The punchline was that one in two students had posted sensitive information about themselves online in the past year. TVNZ went with Half of NZ teens post sensitive info online while NZHerald went with Nearly half of Kiwi teens post sensitive info online – both remarkably similar to the original press release. Some wen
http://lancewiggs.com/2009/05/12/uncovering-the-truth-behind-50-of-teens-post-senstive-information/
‘All of the Web is a Social Media’ - (USA)
We left off with Bazaarvoice’s Sam Decker giving us outstanding tips on how to get your management team or C-suite executives to consider social marketing experimentation. Today I offer you more social marketing adoption tips but this time a strategic framework for implementing and/or lobbying for them. Tactics are great but we must be strategic if we’re to be effective. I challenged a group of colleagues to provide social marketing adoption tips against my loaded backdrop: suggesting “inte
http://www.revenews.com/jeffmolander/social-marketing-best-practice/
Ways to Make Money Fast- 3 Corker Tips to Make Money Fast and Easy - (USA)
by Roger Twose Are you looking for ways to make money fast? These are tough times. The situation looks bleak as of now where thousands of people are being laid off and many companies forced into bankruptcy. The word “job security” doesn’t seem to make sense anymore. However there is light at the end of the tunnel. More and more people are turning to the Internet to make money fast and easy. In fact, this isn’t totally surprising. The entire landscape of internet usage has changed tremendou
http://simpledataprocessing.com/blog/ways-to-make-money-fast-3-corker-tips-to-make-money-fast-and-easy
No a les patents de programari! - (USA)
Software patents should not be legalized in the European Union. This website explains what a patent is, why software should not be patented and how current activities within the European Union, e.g. the EPLA, would make software patents enforcable. Every software patent is a barrier to innovation. The EU Council and the European Parliament should disallow software patents for the sake of Europe's future.
http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/
No American can ever say they didn’t know… - (USA)
An ongoing debate has been unfolding among the public and medical professionals about whether the healthcare reform bill really requires mandatory counseling for every senior that will steer them to make advance healthcare decisions that could end their lives sooner, perhaps in order to lower healthcare costs. While knee-jerk responses have come from both sides of the issue, few people have read the bill and understand what it says or what the words really mean. Even fewer know the history and
http://junkfoodscience.blogspot.com/2009/08/no-american-can-ever-say-they-didnt.html
Syed Hamid tells bloggers to be accountable - (USA)
Bloggers have been advised to set up a code of ethics. Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said they should be responsible and accountable for what they write as well as the comments published in their blogs. Speaking at the Bloggers Buff 2008 Conference yesterday, Syed Hamid said in the early stages, blogs in Malaysia were merely an improvement over poison pen letters but now blogging had reached a level of maturity where writers took pride in their postings. “It is important to have
http://westmalaysia.com/?p=4875
Why Employee Satisfaction and Employee Exit Surveys Make Good Sense - (USA)
If businesses that strives to become more streamlined and productive are not careful their efforts to become more competitive can result in a workforce that is working under pressure which in turn could cause low moral and possibly a high staff turnover. Organizations that have a highly motivated workforce can benefit enormously and having a workforce that is both productive and motivated should not be regarded as being mutually exclusive to one another. If problems are left unresolved then c
http://www.tsnumi.com/articles/articles/internet/why-employee-satisfaction-and-employee-exit-surveys-make-good-sense/
We must stamp our ecological feet - (USA)
Sciencebase has been focusing on various environmental and third world problems recently. I say third world , because much of what is euphemistically described as the developing world is sadly not developing at all. If the switch from third to developing has done nothing but salve the conscience of the so-called developed world, then it is, as they say, political correctness gone mad. Many of the problems, or issues if you wish me to be euphemistic in that regard too, are growing – the pove
http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/ecological-footprintin.html
'Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles' reveals Jesse's plan - (USA)
Last week on Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Sarah had some dreams. This week, it was Ellison's turn. Maybe next week we'll be treated Cameron dreaming. Anyone want to guess if her dreams are of electric sheep? As for Ellison's dream, he dreamt of digging up a body, a body that looked an awful lot (at least to me) like John's. Okay, a little odd, but I sort of understand where such a dream could be coming from. But I can't say that I understood what Ellison woke to find – Cameron in h
http://blog.zap2it.com/ithappenedlastnight/2008/11/terminator-th-3.html
Employee Satisfaction and Exit Surveys Make Sense - (USA)
If businesses that strives to become more streamlined and productive are not careful their efforts to become more competitive can result in a workforce that is working under pressure which in turn could cause low moral and possibly a high staff turnover. Organizations that have a highly motivated workforce can benefit enormously and having a workforce that is both motivated and productive should not be regarded as being mutually exclusive to one another. If problems are left unresolved then co
http://www.affiliatemarketing-secrets.com/uncategorized/employee-satisfaction-and-exit-surveys-make-sense.html
Turning Pickup Artists Into Gentlemen - (USA)
All the talk of late on whether Modern Feminism is a good or bad thing makes me wonder why we've never heard of a "Masculinist," or "Masculinism," by analogy. Ever think of that? Ridiculous, right? It's actually no wonder. Men are hard-wired evolutionarily not to complain, whine, or moan about their rights being denied or masculine identity being ignored. For the male of the species to do so didn't serve the survival of the Human Race eons ago. Back then, daily life was likely more of a life-
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-urban-scientist/200908/turning-pickup-artists-gentlemen
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