Panel discussion: a collective questioning about quantum ethics

Click here to hear a recording (podcast) of the event! Event time: Thursday, September 26, 2024 – 4:00pm to 5:00pm Audience: Faculty, students, staff, researchers, community members, general public. Location: Southern Connecticut State University – Engleman Hall – Room A120 See map Panelists Colleen Bielitz Assoc. VP for Strategic Initiatives & Outreach, SCSU Florian Carle Managing Director, Yale Quantum Institute Matthew Enjalran Professor of Physics, SCSU Rye Howard-Stone Lecturer of Contemporary Issues in Computer Science and Engineering, UConn Sarah M. Roe (moderator) Director, Research Center on Values in Emerging Science and Technology, SCSU The panel will be followed by a reception to continue the conversation. As quantum technology advances rapidly, it is crucial to consider its ethical implications. While quantum applications hold the potential to transform industries, they also pose significant moral challenges. Quantum computers, for instance, could dismantle current encryption methods, jeopardizing data privacy and cybersecurity. Their ability to solve complex problems at unprecedented speeds might create unfair advantages in sectors like finance or defense, further deepening existing inequalities. By addressing these ethical concerns early, we can ensure that quantum technology develops in ways that uphold fairness, privacy, and security for all. Join us for a discussion hosted by the Research Center on Values in Emerging Science and Technology and the Yale Quantum Institute, with co-sponsorship Details
RC-VEST Discussion: Race & Medicine

April 10th 1:10-1:50pm EN C008 Free lunch bring your friends! Discuss and reflect about how race, medicine, and healthcare coverage are connected. A panel of students, staff and faculty will start the conversation! Please email Dr. Roe (roes1@southernct.edu) if you have any questions. Thank you to our panel and all who attended!
RC-VEST Documentary Screening “The Color of Care”

April 3rd 1-2:20pm (pop in any time) EN 121 A&B Free lunch! Bring your friends! Learn about race, medicine, and healthcare coverage in our communities. Contact Dr. Roe (roes1@southernct.edu) if you have any questions.

Ambient Intelligence Technology – Critical Perspective, Ethical and Societal Issues

Posted on August 31, 2018 by Eric Gossett

ABSTRACT

The proactive and AmI technology into highly sensitive environment produces specific challenges that are inextricably linked to ethical and societal issues. Proactive systems such as AmI will make decisions without direct human supervision placing the technical system in a position of authority. The ethics of interactive computer systems that focuses on how such systems are (or can be) used by human users have been discussed at length, taking in account the possibilities of the technology presented in the project, it becomes urgently necessary to consider the implications of decisions made or influenced by computers. As specified by L Venter, MS Olivier and JJ. Britz the integration of mobile technology, wireless networks, ubiquitous computing and artificial intelligence with thousands of embedded devices such as sensors and actuators may result in networks that can proactively monitor and respond to human behavior without human interaction and with little supervision. Decisions that can influence or alter the environment will be made at faster-than-human speeds.(Venter et al. 2005) Ethics as applied to current interactive computer systems will not be adequate. The objective of this article is to analyze the ethical and societal problems related to the AmI technology. To reach that objective, we will firstly analyze the conditions for a critical perspective, the ethical references used as the foundation of our analysis and in the last part of this article the ethical issues raised by AmI.