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Cook-Levin: The Ugly Underbelly is Good for Us
Don't just tell your students that SAT is NP-Complete; show why.
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Chat Generative Pre-trained... Testimony
Questions about testimony as a means of knowledge acquisition may apply to AI chatbots.
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Bigger than a Blackbox
When we ask how deep learning works, are we asking which node represents the answer to "animal, vegetable, or mineral?"
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Pedagogical Paths Through Ethics
Concepts of ethics can be integrated into lessons that reflect contemporary concerns and involve student knowledge of modern technology.
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Students Speak to Ethical Issues
What are the concerns of students after study of computer ethics?
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Cryptocurs Don't Asportate
Cryptocurrency on a blockchain cannot be stolen -- it's true.
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Experiencing Loops in Time
We don't experience program loops as blocks, started over, because time is one-way.
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Misnomer and Malgorithm
The algorithm should be respected; the malgorithm should be rejected.
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Deadlines of the Digital Turn
Sometimes the digital turn forces us to designate things that aren't there.
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The Virus Analogy and Validation
The comparison between organic viruses and computer viruses is compelling. But why?
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Voting as Tallying in Public
Voting requires common acknowledgement. Can that be achieved in automation?
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The Vote as a Declared Datum
A vote is a datum that sheds its original identity but persists.
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Variable Vagaries
The variable, construed as an L-value, makes some offbeat appearances.
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The Artificialistic Fallacy
Ethics discussions of artificial intelligence reveal a fallacy of omission.
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FictionStein
Science fiction like Frankenstein nudges readers to confer humanity but nudges them away from moral fortitude.
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Tech User Responsibility
User support presents serious challenges that are aggravated by indeterminate client responsibility.
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Articulation of Decision Responsibility
Can we establish a locution for the results of a program that does not ascribe decision-making power?
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Tech Ethics at Work
Ethics for Tech must address how professional issues play out in the workplace, in real life.12