Article discussion schedule

From the syllabus:

The second round of case studies will follow a discussion format. Again in pairs, students will lead 20-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 10% of the course grade (5 for each discussion led).

Tue 9 Oct

• Programmer error/scientific research: A Bug in FMRI Software Could Invalidate 15 Years of Brain Research
  • Sec 3: Garrett, Noah
  • Sec 4: Alicia, Malik
• Automation/military: Elon Musk leads 116 experts calling for outright ban of killer robots
  • Sec 3: Katelyn, Gabi
  • Sec 4: Dylan, Grady
• Data preservation/military: How the military is making it hard to remember our wars
  • Sec 3: Matt, Will W
  • Sec 4: David, Marisa

Thu 11 Oct

• Sec 4 only:Vulnerabilities/ethical disclosure: Microsoft Calls Out NSA For 'Stockpiling' Vulnerabilities
  • Sec 4: Ian, Lindsay
  • In section 3 we will instead hear Collin and Destiny's presentation on Sec 5.3.6 "Implanted chips".
• Cheating on regulations/Volkswagen: VW engineer sentenced to 40 months in prison for role in emissions cheating
  • Sec 3: Daniel, William B
  • Sec 4: Alex, Lesha
• Psychological manipulation/phones: Tristan Harris believes Silicon Valley is addicting us to our phones. He’s determined to make it stop.
  • Sec 3: Kylie, Zach
  • Sec 4: Molly, Tjyshawn

Thu 18 Oct

• Automation/self-checkout Self-checkout is terrible: why Walmart, Target, and others still do it
  • Sec 3: Destiny, Mike W
  • Sec 4: Meghan, Will T

Tue 23 Oct

• Automation/self-driving cars/trolley problem Should A Self-Driving Car Kill Its Passengers In A “Greater Good” Scenario?
  • Sec 3: Abby, Brady
  • Sec 4: Braden, Ian
• Automation/self-driving cars/transition Car companies' vision of a gradual transition to self-driving cars has a big problem
  • Sec 3: Gabi, Josh
  • Sec 4: Julianna, Peyton
• Automation/airplane control The untold story of QF72: What happens when 'psycho' automation leaves pilots powerless?
  • Sec 3: Brandon, Christian
  • Sec 4: David, Sally

Thu 25 Oct

• Psychological manipulation/advertising: How Online Shopping Makes Suckers of Us All
  • Sec 3: Abby, Kylie
  • Sec 4: Alex, Julianna
• Privacy/artificial intelligence: Row over AI that 'identifies gay faces'
  • Sec 3: Collin, Garrett
  • Sec 4: Kai, Grady
• Privacy/employment: Workplace monitoring gets personal, and employees fear it's too close for comfort
  • Sec 3: Mackenzie, Zach
  • Sec 4: Estela, Peyton

Tue 30 Oct

• Race and gender/effect vs intent: How white engineers built racist code – and why it's dangerous for black people
  • Sec 3: Brady, Mike W
  • Sec 4: Malik, Molly
• Programmer error/legal system: Judges refuse to order fix for court software that put people in jail by mistake
  • Sec 3: Katelyn, William B
  • Sec 4: Alicia, Lindsay
• Vulnerabilities/voting: In Georgia, a legal battle over electronic vs. paper voting
  • Sec 3: Brandon, Collin
  • Sec 4: Kaitlyn, Will T

Thu 1 Nov

• Automation/markets: The robots-vs.-robots trading that has hijacked the stock market
  • Sec 3: Christian, Will W
  • Sec 4: Marisa, Meghan
• Section 4 only: Automation/employment: A World Without Work
  • Sec 4: Braden, Tjyshawn

Tue 6 Oct

Thu 8 Nov

• Psychological manipulation/health: The code I’m still ashamed of
  • Sec 3: Destiny, Mackenzie
  • Sec 4: Dylan, Lesha
• Privacy/health: Getting Googled By Your Doctor Is the New Normal
  • Sec 3: Josh, Matt
  • Sec 4: Kai, Sally
• Communication/health: A hospital without patients
  • Sec 3: Daniel, Noah
  • Sec 4: Estela, Kaitlyn

Don Blaheta / blahetadp@blahedo.org