Ethics, Technology, and Society

We Robot Conference – Miami

Jason — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:30:53 +0000

I’ll be attending the inaugural We Robot conference at the University of Miami School of Law in April, to present a paper titled “Delegation, Relinquishment, and Responsibility: The Prospect of Robot Experts”. It looks to be a very exciting conference dealing with legal and policy issues related to robots. The paper is co-authored with Ian [read more...] Related posts: Keepon Keeps On Rockin’ as the #1 Robot Robot Film Festival – NYC Keepon Redux: From the Robot...

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Debating the Royal Society’s End-of-Life Decision-Making Report…Well, sort of.

Jason — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:39:33 +0000

The Royal Society recently published their report on End-of-Life Decision-Making in Canada, written by an expert panel commissioned by the Society. It is well worth a read if you are interested in the topic. Not surprisingly, there has been some debate featured in the media following the release of the report. Also not surprisingly, the [read more...] Related posts: For Some, It Takes a Diagnosis to Raise A Child Exposing the Ghost Management of Medical Research On Exporting Asbestos and Land...

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Birds of a Feather on Social Media and STS at 4S 2011 (Cleveland)

Jason — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 18:24:08 +0000

I’ll be attending, and microblogging, at the upcoming 4S meeting (the Society for Social Studies of Science) in Cleveland, from Nov 2-5 2011. But I need some help. I’d like to organize a Birds of a Feather (BoF) during the conference for anyone interested in Social Media and STS. The topic is broad, as BoF [read more...] Related posts: Science and Technology Studies (STS) Hashtag: #socofsci Extending Expertise as a Response to Bioethics Controversies Science and Technology Studies:...

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The Extremes and In-Betweens of Synthetic Biology

Jason — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 19:16:09 +0000

I was recently asked to blog about a conference on Synthetic Biology. Here’s a teaser. You can read the full entry here. When a cartoon is in the early stages of production artists craft the storyline by creating a series of still images. Those images, referred to as “extremes”, depict characters in their most exaggerated [read more...] Related posts: Upcoming Synthetic Biology and Society Colloquium Exposing the Ghost Management of Medical Research Lack of Exercise Leading Cause of...

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Upcoming Synthetic Biology and Society Colloquium

Jason — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:58:54 +0000

On September 30, 2011 the University of Ottawa’s Institute for Science, Society and Policy (ISSP) will be hosting a colloquium titled: Synthetic Biology at the Interface of Science and Policy. I’ve been invited to blog about the one day event, thanks to Situating Science, one of their sponsors. Blogging this event is exciting for me [read more...] Related posts: Science and Technology Studies: The Next 20 Years Exposing the Ghost Management of Medical Research Extending Expertise as...

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Keepon Redux: From the Robot Film Fest

Jason — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 02:59:48 +0000

Ok. So you like Keepon too? I recently posted about the little robot, which made it to #1 on a top 10 list of best robots of all time. I also told you about the Robot Film Festival in New York last weekend. Well, it turns out the makers of Keepon entered a great updated [read more...] Related posts: Robot Film Festival – NYC Keepon Keeps On Rockin’ as the #1 Robot In the Digital Age, Robots Can Be Pop Stars Too

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The Ethics of Klout – Should We Trust In the Almighty Algorithm?

Jason — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 20:36:30 +0000

In recent months companies like Klout and PeerIndex have captured the imagination of the media by promising to deliver meaningful measurements of peoples’ online influence. But there’s a problem with measuring influence the way Klout promises to, and it has to do with the algorithms that scour the web to determine an individuals influence rating [read more...] Related posts: Privacy on Google+ Part 1: Circles New York Times’ Pogue Troubled by Ethics Trust and Cloud Computing

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Keepon Keeps On Rockin’ as the #1 Robot

Jason — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:12:56 +0000

Make Magazine has voted Keepon the #1 Robot on their top 10 favourite robot list. It’s no secret that I love Keepon. There’s something about the simplicity of the idea that makes me smile every time I see him. Here’s the breakdown of the top 5/10 (for a complete list see the original post): #5 Shakey #4 Mousey [read more...] Related posts: The Time for Robot Ethics is Now Robot Film Festival – NYC In the Digital Age, Robots Can Be Pop Stars Too

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Roboethics, Drones, and the Trolley Problem

Jason — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 20:57:44 +0000

I came across a great post about the Trolley Problem and Warfare at a Distance over at the Neuroethics at the Core blog. Peter B. Reiner gives a great overview of the classic “trolley problem” (a fun party conversation piece if ever there was one), and ties neuroethics and moral psychology into it very nicely. [read more...] Related posts: In the Digital Age, Robots Can Be Pop Stars Too Gas Pumps are Biased but Need Not Be The Time for Robot Ethics is Now

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Facebook Increases Digital Lock-In Strategy Against Google+

Jason — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 17:09:47 +0000

Lat week I wrote about Facebook‘s response to tools that allow users to export their FB contact list to Google+. Facebook responded by blocking those tools. This week Facebook has redoubled its efforts by blocking yet another tool designed for similar purposes. In an excerpt from the article: Fundamentally…there’s nothing stopping people from copying each [read more...] Related posts: Digital Lock-In: One Person’s Experience Quitting Google Google Takeout Aims to Take...

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