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by SeanAnderson 278 days ago
I mean that kind of tracks? I had to take a computer science ethics course in college. It mainly focused on stuff like the Therac-25 case study, but I could easily see a more modern version of the course covering social media algorithms.

I wonder if marketing courses also have an ethics component taught in them?

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> focused on stuff like the Therac-25 case study, but I could easily see a more modern version of the course

A good example of bad that can happen but damn is that just plain lazy.

More recent examples are surely more relevant and would generated more discussion.

For someone just learning about the Therac-25 incident, what more recent cases would've worked better to foster discussion that can also be read about?
I'd like to learn this too.

But off the top of my head - Facebook and the genocide in Myanmar. The various collosal data breaches that usually have token punishment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_data_breaches

Mass surveillance and face identification by private companies for law enforcement eg https://www.auror.co/role/loss-prevention You can't appeal it and they don't respond to requests for your records (like a government department would).

Social media and addiction to it. How this should be managed with vulnerable groups, eg children?

I'm sure there are numerous better examples out there.