The Research Center on Values in Emerging Science and Technology

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Join Us: September 23rd at 4pm!
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

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Posted on August 31, 2018 by Eric Gossett

AUTHOR Masahiro Sato ABSTRACT The purpose of this paper is to clarify how ethical/unethical behavior of firms results in higher/lower customer satisfaction. The progress and widespread availability of information and communication technology (ICT) has brought about the business environment in which the cost of communication between firms and their customers has dramatically become cheaper. Therefore, […]

On Audience Ethics of Internet Communication

Posted on August 31, 2018 by Eric Gossett

AUTHOR Chen Ru-dong, Harada Yasunari, Takeo TATSUMI ABSTRACT In this paper, we show that the studies of recipient ethics not only bear important theoretical significance but also entail important practical ramifications. In the practice of communication, settlement of social problems obviously presupposes sender ethics, but we must also realize that it also presupposes recipient ethics. […]

The Good Computer Professional Does Not Cheat at Cards

Posted on August 31, 2018 by Eric Gossett

AUTHOR Volkman Richard ABSTRACT In the course of discussion at the last Ethicomp, Don Gotterbarn suggested that it was possible for a good computer professional to cheat at cards. His point was that the scope of computer ethics is narrower than the entirety of ethics, and this shows why virtue ethics is not sufficiently focused […]

Coleman’s Kantian Computers

Posted on August 31, 2018 by Eric Gossett

AUTHOR Lucas Richard ABSTRACT In this paper I discuss the attempt by Coleman (1996) to suggest a mechanism for attributing a Kantian morality to computers. This is part of a larger project of Coleman to posit the likelihood of computers being moral agents. Here I will provide an outline of Coleman’s account, show what I […]

Juristic Misuse of “Information Society” Metaphors: Loaded Framing, Argumentation and Resolution of Legal and Policy Issues

Posted on August 31, 2018 by Eric Gossett

AUTHOR David A. Rice ABSTRACT Digital electronic information, computer program, and communication technologies rapidly and widely transformed all sectors, nooks and crannies of society and private and public resource allocations over the last two decades. Their advent generated new demands on human conceptualization, thought, expression, and dialogue about the new phenomena. Universal discourse about the […]

Robotic Thugs

Posted on August 31, 2018 by Eric Gossett

AUTHOR Carson Reynolds, Masatoshi Ishikawa ABSTRACT What exactly would it take for a robot to be arrested? Prima facie, this appears to be an easy question. Clearly, being caught in the process of some sort of law-breaking ought to be enough. But really, should it not be the robot’s designer or owner who should be […]