Promotion of Human Values (161)
Find narratives by ethical themes or by technologies.
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- 90 min
- Minds and Machines
- 2017
The authors define DAI as the ecosystem of commercial platforms—ranging from startups like Afternote and Departing.com to tech giants like Facebook and Google—that commodify and manage digital remains (online data, profiles, memories) of deceased users. Using four real-world cases, the author discusses how economic incentives can distort the “informational body” – rewriting profiles, automating posts, and reshaping digital personas.
- Minds and Machines
- 2017
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- 90 min
- Minds and Machines
- 2017
The Political Economy of Death in the Age of Information
The authors define DAI as the ecosystem of commercial platforms—ranging from startups like Afternote and Departing.com to tech giants like Facebook and Google—that commodify and manage digital remains (online data, profiles, memories) of deceased users. Using four real-world cases, the author discusses how economic incentives can distort the “informational body” – rewriting profiles, automating posts, and reshaping digital personas.
- Should the digital remains of a deceased person be editable by family, friends, or the company hosting the digital immortal?
- Do tech companies have an ethical duty to preserve or remove digital remains?
- How are digital remains companies similar or different to funeral homes and cemeteries in the physical world? What laws govern these types of businesses and should they be applied to digital memorial companies?
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- 20 min
- AI & Society
- 2022
A high-level breakdown of popular ethical and legal considerations regarding postmortem data use. It aims to discern the extent to which users are comfortable with their data being used posthumously. Important findings include most users wanting their data automatically deleted after their death. A majority of users find that using their data in passive ways is acceptable, and there is a higher degree of tolerance among younger and heavy internet users when it comes to how their data is used.
- AI & Society
- 2022
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- 20 min
- AI & Society
- 2022
Using Deceased People’s Data
A high-level breakdown of popular ethical and legal considerations regarding postmortem data use. It aims to discern the extent to which users are comfortable with their data being used posthumously. Important findings include most users wanting their data automatically deleted after their death. A majority of users find that using their data in passive ways is acceptable, and there is a higher degree of tolerance among younger and heavy internet users when it comes to how their data is used.
Is it ethical to collect data about a new technology considering that most if not all participants don’t have a working understanding of the technology?
How might users ensure their privacy rights are preserved after they die? Should there be some kind of system of payment for personal data after death?
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- 5 min
- Digital Health
- 2025
The BMA warns GPs to exercise caution when using AI scribing tools, emphasizing the need for proper clinical safety and information governance.
- Digital Health
- 2025
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- 5 min
- Digital Health
- 2025
The Use of AI Scribing Tools by GPs
The BMA warns GPs to exercise caution when using AI scribing tools, emphasizing the need for proper clinical safety and information governance.
- What should be done to meet the growing demand for AI scribing tools by clinicians?
- How might the patient conversation data shared during doctor appointments be more sensitive in nature than an older model of physician note-taking?
- What are the potential ethical issues and risks with this application of generative AI systems?
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- 5 min
- Nature
- 2025
Researchers in this article make an argument against the use of AI in the scientific process. They believe that the sheer volume of academic articles being produced is putting an immense strain on the peer review process. This limits the capacity for in-depth thought and confuses scientific progress with a skewed notion of academic productivity—scientific progress is quantified by the number of articles produced.
- Nature
- 2025
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- Nature
- 2025
Why AI Should Not be Used in the Scientific Process
Researchers in this article make an argument against the use of AI in the scientific process. They believe that the sheer volume of academic articles being produced is putting an immense strain on the peer review process. This limits the capacity for in-depth thought and confuses scientific progress with a skewed notion of academic productivity—scientific progress is quantified by the number of articles produced.
- What are the benefits and limitations of restricting the use of AI in the academic process?
- What do we as academic researchers and students lose by giving over scientific discovery and communication to generative AI systems?
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- 50 min
- Science and Engineering Ethics
- 2022
Lindemann identifies grief bots as techno-social niches that change the affective emotional state of the user. With a focus on the dignity of the bereaved rather than the deceased, Lindemann argues that grief bots can both regulate and deregulate users’ emotions. Referring to them as pseudo-bonds, Lindemann does a very good job of trying to characterize a standard relationship with a grief bot. This article is mostly about the grief and well-being of users of griefbots.
- Science and Engineering Ethics
- 2022
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- Science and Engineering Ethics
- 2022
The Ethics of ‘Deathbots’
Lindemann identifies grief bots as techno-social niches that change the affective emotional state of the user. With a focus on the dignity of the bereaved rather than the deceased, Lindemann argues that grief bots can both regulate and deregulate users’ emotions. Referring to them as pseudo-bonds, Lindemann does a very good job of trying to characterize a standard relationship with a grief bot. This article is mostly about the grief and well-being of users of griefbots.
- What does Lindemann mean by internet-enabled techno-social niches, and what things exemplify them?
- After reading this paper, would you ever use–or allow your digital remains to create a deathbot? Why or why not?
- Outline the key data-protection and safety requirements you would test in a pilot program before approving any clinical deployment of grief bots.
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- University of Houston
- 2015
The article explains what a BCI is, how it helps amputees, and how BCI technology continues to innovate.
- University of Houston
- 2015
Researchers Build Brain-Machine Interface To Control Prosthetic Hand
The article explains what a BCI is, how it helps amputees, and how BCI technology continues to innovate.
As BCI technologies continue to develop, what are ways that they could harm or benefit users or other stakeholders? Why do you think this study used the test subjects it did? What are the potential short and long term benefits and/or harms of using this particular group of subjects?