Promotion of Human Values (142)
Find narratives by ethical themes or by technologies.
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- 10 min
- The New Yorker
- 2019
Great breakdown of the concerns that come with automating the world without understanding why it works. Provides the principal concerns with the “hidden layer” of artificial neural networks, and how the lack of human understanding of some AI decision making makes these machines susceptible to manipulation.
- The New Yorker
- 2019
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- 10 min
- The New Yorker
- 2019
The Hidden Costs of Automated Thinking
Great breakdown of the concerns that come with automating the world without understanding why it works. Provides the principal concerns with the “hidden layer” of artificial neural networks, and how the lack of human understanding of some AI decision making makes these machines susceptible to manipulation.
Should we still use technology that we do not have a full understanding of? Might machines play a role in the demise of expertise? How can companies and institutions be held accountable for “lifting the curtain” behind their algorithms?
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- 10 min
- MEL Beta
- 2019
The continued existence of pirating websites such as The Pirate Bay demonstrates how digital technologies can be used against institutions such as copyright, and further designates the idea of a completely free and open internet.
- MEL Beta
- 2019
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- 10 min
- MEL Beta
- 2019
After 15 Years, The Pirate Bay Still Can’t Be Killed
The continued existence of pirating websites such as The Pirate Bay demonstrates how digital technologies can be used against institutions such as copyright, and further designates the idea of a completely free and open internet.
Why are communities online so hard to shut down? Can the internet ever be entirely free and open, as the founders of TPB discuss? What would be the consequences of this? Is the digital world decreasing the value of art forms such as recorded songs or films?
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- 5 min
- The New York Times
- 2019
As the case study of Baltimore demonstrates, cyber crime against governments for ransom of digital cash is not an uncommon practice.
- The New York Times
- 2019
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- 5 min
- The New York Times
- 2019
Hackers Holding Baltimore Hostage
As the case study of Baltimore demonstrates, cyber crime against governments for ransom of digital cash is not an uncommon practice.
How can hacking affect whole cities? Should entire cities trust digital systems to contain all of their important information?
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- 9 min
- Kinolab
- 2015
After a hacker causes massive disruptive events across the globe, from destabilizing a nuclear reactor to changing the value of soy futures in the stock market, Nicolas Hathaway, a formerly convicted hacker, is released from prison to help solve the case. He eventually susses out that the hacker is targeting the internet of things which keeps conditions safe for a tin mine, similar to the internet of things which protected the nuclear reactor. The ultimate goal of the hacker is to use malware to disrupt economic systems, like the price of tin, and become richer.
- Kinolab
- 2015
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- 9 min
- Kinolab
- 2015
Vulnerability of Workplaces and Economic Markets to Hacking
After a hacker causes massive disruptive events across the globe, from destabilizing a nuclear reactor to changing the value of soy futures in the stock market, Nicolas Hathaway, a formerly convicted hacker, is released from prison to help solve the case. He eventually susses out that the hacker is targeting the internet of things which keeps conditions safe for a tin mine, similar to the internet of things which protected the nuclear reactor. The ultimate goal of the hacker is to use malware to disrupt economic systems, like the price of tin, and become richer.
What are the alternatives to keeping workplace safety operations in the hands of digital technologies and internets of things? What are the alternatives to keeping economic markets in the hands of digital technologies? Could total safety from hacking ever be achieved? Could hacking potentially be a force for good if digital economic markets become too centralized? Are there any real life scenarios of digital hacking being used to disrupt large economic markets?
Blackhat: Nuclear Reactor Hack-
- 9 min
- Kinolab
- 2013
At some point in the near future, Martha’s husband Ash dies in a car accident. In order to help Martha through the grieving process, her friend Sara gives Ash’s data to a company which can create an artificial intelligence program to simulate text and phone conversations between Martha and Ash. Eventually, this program is uploaded onto a robot which has the exact likeness of the deceased Ash. Upon feeling creeped out by the humanoid robot and its imprecision in terms of capturing Ash’s personality, Martha wants nothing more than to keep the robot out of her sight.
- Kinolab
- 2013
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- 9 min
- Kinolab
- 2013
Martha and Ash Part II: Digital Revival and Human Likeness in Hardware
At some point in the near future, Martha’s husband Ash dies in a car accident. In order to help Martha through the grieving process, her friend Sara gives Ash’s data to a company which can create an artificial intelligence program to simulate text and phone conversations between Martha and Ash. Eventually, this program is uploaded onto a robot which has the exact likeness of the deceased Ash. Upon feeling creeped out by the humanoid robot and its imprecision in terms of capturing Ash’s personality, Martha wants nothing more than to keep the robot out of her sight.
How can memories be kept pure when robots are able to impersonate deceased loved ones? If programs and robots such as this can be created, do we truly own our own existence? How can artificial intelligence fail as therapy or companionship? Can artificial intelligence and robotics help comfort people who never even met the deceased? How should an artificial companion be handled by its administrator? Can an animated or robotic humanoid likeness of a person who seemingly has feelings be relegated to the attic as easily as other mementos can?
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- 2 min
- Kinolab
- 2019
In an imagined future of London, citizens all across the globe are connected to the Feed, a device and network accessed constantly through a brain-computer interface. In this narrative, Max, a citizen whose Feed was hacked, has to get the device removed from his body as his best friends watch. This procedure includes the removal of some of his memories from both his brain and from the device, although they manage to upload these into a cloud.
- Kinolab
- 2019
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- 2 min
- Kinolab
- 2019
Implanted Technology and Disconnection
In an imagined future of London, citizens all across the globe are connected to the Feed, a device and network accessed constantly through a brain-computer interface. In this narrative, Max, a citizen whose Feed was hacked, has to get the device removed from his body as his best friends watch. This procedure includes the removal of some of his memories from both his brain and from the device, although they manage to upload these into a cloud.
What are the risks involved with brain-computer interfaces, especially when we need to ‘remove’ them from our brains? How might this increase medical costs? How can memory and consciousness be ‘backed up’ and ‘uploaded’ back into our bodies using advanced technology?