Menu of case study discussion topics
From the syllabus:The second round of case studies will follow a discussion format. Again in pairs, students will lead 25-minute discussions based on longer-form reading from news and magazine articles. The leaders will do some additional background reading and frame the question, but the whole class will be expected to participate in the discussions. Each student will lead twice. The unit will be worth 15% of the course grade (5 for each discussion led and 5 for attentiveness and thoughtful participation in other discussions---quality rather than quantity of discussion is important here).Pick five top choices and email them to me by Tuesday.
- Privacy/health: Getting Googled By Your Doctor Is the New Normal
- Privacy/artificial intelligence: Row over AI that 'identifies gay faces'
- Censorship/Google: My @YouTube account was suspended for uploaded/embedded portions of AQ vids used for analysis for U.S. v Pfc. Manning
- IP-copyright/scientific research: Scientific research piracy site hit with $15 million fine
- Ethical disclosure/NSA: Microsoft Calls Out NSA For 'Stockpiling' Vulnerabilities
- Cheating on regulations/Volkswagen: VW engineer sentenced to 40 months in prison for role in emissions cheating
- Programmer error/legal system: Judges refuse to order fix for court software that put people in jail by mistake
- Programmer error/scientific research: A Bug in FMRI Software Could Invalidate 15 Years of Brain Research
- Psychological manipulation/phones: Tristan Harris believes Silicon Valley is addicting us to our phones. He’s determined to make it stop.
- Psychological manipulation/advertising: How Online Shopping Makes Suckers of Us All
- Psychological manipulation/health: The code I’m still ashamed of
- Data aggregation/voting info: Trump voter-fraud panel’s data request a gold mine for hackers, experts warn
- Gender/Gamergate: SXSW Cancels Panels On Harassment In Video Game Community After Threats
- Gender/Google: So, about this Googler’s manifesto
- Automation/employment: A World Without Work
- Automation/airplane control The untold story of QF72: What happens when 'psycho' automation leaves pilots powerless?
- Automation/self-driving cars/trolley problem Should A Self-Driving Car Kill Its Passengers In A “Greater Good” Scenario?
- Automation/self-driving cars/transition Car companies' vision of a gradual transition to self-driving cars has a big problem
- Automation/military Elon Musk leads 116 experts calling for outright ban of killer robots