Building a Better Future
Thu, Apr 23
We did it! After a long and tiring survey of today's technology landscape, we made it to the end of the semester. In our final session, we'll do a debrief to find out where we landed on the most important ethical dilemmas. Importantly, we'll figure out if our ethical frameworks were helpful, and muster some plans for improving various technologies going forward. Nearly all of you will end up working in the technology industry following graduation, meaning the real ethical dilemmas are just around the corner!
We have two main in-class learning goals. By the end of lecture today you will:
- File away the most important lessons from this class for future use in your career.
- Imagine new possibilities for the future of computer technology.
The slides for today's lecture.
Read This:
The writer Emily Harnett reports on the canonization of Carlo Acutis, a saint for the digital age.
Our TA Louisa Conwill and Prof. Scheirer provide their own reflection on the life of Carlo Acutis and its relationship to the message of the book Virtue in Virtual Spaces.
Do This:
This Week's Dialogue Group Meeting
Find at least one hour to meet with your group to discuss the prompt of the week: Do the features of artificial intelligence that you have identified uphold or violate your chosen virtues? This is the second part of the technical inquiry piece of your design pattern creation process.
Writing Reflection 10
See the instructions posted on the assignment's page.
This writing reflection is due on 4/28 at 5pm.
Project 03
This project is due Tuesday 4/28 at 5pm.
The project for the AI unit is the creation of design patterns for artificial intelligence that summarizes your group's dialogues over the course of the next few weeks. Review the instructions that have been posted on the Project 03 page.
Please complete the Team Member Evaluation Form and drop it in your Google drive folder that is shared with Louisa before the project deadline. Submit the link to the google sheet on Canvas.