28 episodes
DigEthix: Digital Ethics Today DigEthix
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We use religion and philosophy as resources to answer today's ethical challenges involving technology. We have interviews with experts and audio essays discussing the details of how to make decisions in our own lives. You can find more information at digethix.org. The podcast is hosted by Seth Villegas. Seth attended Stanford University before receiving his PhD from Boston University in 2023. He helps teach ethics to computer science and data science students at BU, and he does research on emerging movements that focus on technology.
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27: How Should You Manage Your Data? 'Designing Data Governance from the Ground Up' with Lauren Maffeo
Can you ever have so much data that it becomes unmanageable? Are there ways make the way you use data more effective? In this episode, Seth talks to Lauren Maffeo about how to design a data governance framework that will best suit your needs.
Lauren is a service designer at Steampunk, a human-centered design firm serving the federal government. She is also a founding editor of Springer’s AI and Ethics journal and a former area editor for Data and Policy, an open access journal with Cambridge University Press. She also teaches courses on design at George Washington University. She is the author of the book, Designing Data Governance from the Ground Up: Six Steps to Build a Data-Driven Culture.
Links to more from Lauren:
LinkedIn
Twitter
Book - 35% off E-book with code: DATAGOV23
Lightning talk at Open Source Summit North America
Credits:
Music: “Dreams” from Bensound.com
Episode art: Nicole Smith
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26: Should You Use ChatGPT in Class? A Guide for Teachers and Students
When ChatGPT dropped in November 2022, it had teachers and students scrambling to figure out what to do with this new service. Seth outlines four main ways to handle ChatGPT in the classroom and notes some pitfalls of using ChatGPT uncritically.
Potentially Helpful Links
Vectoring Words: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQddtTdmG_8
AI Models & Language Models: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rURRYI66E54
GPT-4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zW33LfffPc&list=PL1v8zpldgH3pQwRz1FORZdChMaNZaR3pu&index=82
https://monkeylearn.com/natural-language-processing/
Credits:
Music: “Dreams” by Benjamin Tissot from Bensound.com
Episode/Podcast Art: Nicole Smith
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25: Should You Use Dating Apps? And Other Romance Questions with Ethicist Kate Ott
Should you use dating apps? What skills do you need to form a relationship? What role does technology play in our relationships? Ethicist Kate Ott helps us answer these questions and more.
Dr. Ott is the Jerre and Mary Joy Stead Professor of Christian Ethics at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary. She received her PhD in Christian Social Ethics from Union Theological Seminary and her Master of Arts in Religion from Yale Divinity School. She is the author of several books, including two on technology, Christian Ethics for a Digital Society and Sex, Tech, and Faith: Ethics for a Digital Age.
Credits:
Intro/outro Song: Dreams, composed by Benjamin Tissot
Potentially Helpful Links:
https://www.pewresearch.org/ft_2020-02-06_datingtakeaways_01/
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2023/02/02/key-findings-about-online-dating-in-the-u-s/
https://news.stanford.edu/2019/08/21/online-dating-popular-way-u-s-couples-meet/
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24: Parenting in the Digital Dystopia with Dr. Loretta Brady
How can parents navigate the landscape of technology? How our experience with technology differed by generation? How do we build trust across these generations.
Dr. Brady has a PhD in Clinical Psychology from Fordham University and currently works as a Professor of Psychology at St. Anselm College. She has written a forthcoming book on the topic called, Technology Touchpoints: Parenting in the Digital Dystopia. The book explores potential developmental moments that impact kids for the rest of their lives.
Potentially Helpful Links:
https://lorettalcbrady.wordpress.com/
https://twitter.com/profbrady
https://www.brazeltontouchpoints.org/
https://www.amazon.com/Technology-Touchpoints-Parenting-Digital-Dystopia/dp/1538163926#:~:text=Technology%20Touchpoints%20is%20a%20compelling,our%20families%20and%20our%20lives.
Credits:
"Dreams" by Benjamin Tissot
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23: Twitter's Bias Bounty Program and The Ethics of Research with Dr. Borhane Blili-Hamelin
How do we determine what is ethical in technology? How do we do ethical research? How do we bridge gaps in expertise? How do we discover and resolve resolve ethical problems?
In this episode, Dr. Borhane Blili-Hamelin discusses the challenges of interdisciplinary research and his workshop on Twitter's bias bounty program. Bo has a PhD in philosophy from Columbia University. He founded Accountability Case Labs, which seeks to leverage expertise in different fields towards accountability in artificial intelligence Research. Bo currently works as a consultant for BABL AI.
Potentially Helpful Links:
https://borhane.xyz/
https://accountabilitycaselabs.xyz/
https://blog.twitter.com/engineering/en_us/topics/insights/2021/algorithmic-bias-bounty-challenge
Credits:
Music: "Dreams" from Bensound.com
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22: What is Digital Ethics?
What is digital ethics? Why should you care? In this episode, we go over some basic definitions and plans for Season 3 of the podcast.
Potentially Helpful Links:
https://www.scu.edu/ethics/focus-areas/technology-ethics/
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250074317/automatinginequality
https://ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/technology-and-the-virtues-a-philosophical-guide-to-a-future-worth-wanting/
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