Ethics 101

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...
Blog Post 6: Ethical OS

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...

Blog Post 6-Economics

        Zone 1: Truth, Disinformation, and Propaganda I feel like throughout our modules a Zone 1 connection could be found. However, I related ideas between Zone 1 and the article in Module 4 titled, “The Digital Divide Is a Human Rights Issue:...