On this page you will find Blog Post 6 – The Economics of AI. The instructions for this post are located HERE or in Module 5 week 1.
Blog post 6: zones
Discussion Post – Ethical OS Risk Zones in Social Work Practice As technology becomes more central in social work practice, the Ethical OS Risk Zones remind us to think carefully about how digital tools affect our clients, our boundaries, and our ethical...
Blog Post 6
All 8 risk zones highlight an aera of concern for our work as social workers and the impact of technology. The risk zones that I chose to highlight were Risk Zone 2, Risk Zone 3, Risk Zone 4 and Risk Zone 7 Risk Zone 2- Addiction and the Dopamine Economy- In Module 4...
the tunel zones of technology
One of the zones that was discussed in the article that intrigued me was zone 2, the dopamine and addiction economy, which deals with the implementation of identifying the human interactions with technology and the elements of addiction that Tech can cause during such...
Blog 6 Ethical OS
Zone 1: Truth, Disinformation, and Propaganda Bibbs et.al, explains that Risk Zone One requires tech designers and users to identify how shared information may be under attack while examining the truth in the information properties, and technologies being used,...
Blog6
Risk zone 1 This risk zone reminded me of the article "Integrating Telehealth Services in SW Practice for Vulnerable groups", specifically the part where they talk about how technology in the field have multiple risks due to breach of information because of Telehealth...
Ethics & Tech in SW Practice
Entering this class, I knew technology had some impact on social work practice, but the more we move through the semester I notice the smaller nuances and hidden risks that sit underneath the tools we use every day. The Ethical OS added another layer to that...
Ethics 101
1. Addictions and the Dopamine Economy In our past assignments, “Our Parents Were Right: It was the Damn Phones” and the “YouTube Addiction Scale from India” article, we got a sense of how overconsumption of social media and online platforms intensify dopamine driven...
Ethical OS and Risk Zones
This article was definitely a summarization of what we have read, watched, and discussed over prior weeks. Now that it's time to catergorize and break down each zone, I am able to summarize from a different lens. Zone 1: Truth, Disinformation, and Propaganda Social...
Blog Post 6: Ethical OS
Risk Zone 1: Trust, Disinformation, and Propaganda This risk zone focuses on how information can be manipulated or misrepresented through technology. The Center for Humane Technology (CHT) explains that social media platforms are primarily designed to maximize user...
Ethical OS Risk Zones
Ethical OS Risk Zones Zone 1: Truth, Disinformation, and Propaganda. In this zone we focus on disinformation and propaganda being spread by technology. In the 2023 article AI in Social Work, it discusses client misdiagnosis due to AI. Misdiagnosing is dangerous for a...