A stab at a definition, for outsiders, of what we in computing mean by the term "variable" raises more questions than it answers.
Robin K. Hill From BLOG@CACM | January 31, 2019 at 08:40 PM
Science fiction like Frankenstein nudges readers to confer humanity but nudges them away from moral fortitude.
Robin K. Hill From BLOG@CACM | November 21, 2018 at 03:03 PM
User support presents serious challenges that are aggravated by indeterminate client responsibility.
Robin K. Hill From BLOG@CACM | September 30, 2018 at 12:02 AM
Can we establish a locution for the results of a program that does not ascribe decision-making power?
Robin K. Hill From BLOG@CACM | May 21, 2018 at 11:12 AM
The branch of philosophy known as phenomenology can broaden our understanding of what is really going on in the tasks we address with computing.Robin K. Hill From BLOG@CACM | March 29, 2018 at 07:39 AM
Ethics for Tech must address how professional issues play out in the workplace, in real life.Robin K. Hill From BLOG@CACM | January 29, 2018 at 12:02 PM
Our behaviors often seem to mimic the procedures that we induce in computers. What questions does that raise?Robin K. Hill From BLOG@CACM | November 28, 2017 at 12:23 PM
Keith Abney of the Ethics + Emerging Sciences group of California Polytechnic State University surveys the moral landscape of cyberwar.Robin K. Hill From BLOG@CACM | July 26, 2017 at 06:13 PM
The abstraction from big data on English words of distributed vector representations computing simple semantic aspects has drawn interest from the computing community...Robin K. Hill From BLOG@CACM | June 20, 2017 at 09:56 PM
We call the problem of mediocre sofware "neglect," and we pitch it in ethical terms by noting that it illustrates a failure of the ethics of care.Robin K. Hill From BLOG@CACM | May 31, 2017 at 07:58 PM
Is a comparison between operating systems, which are analyzed by software engineers for conditional execution paths, and possible worlds, which are analyzed by...Robin K. Hill From BLOG@CACM | April 29, 2017 at 08:32 PM