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Helping promote ethics in computing & related professions. Re/posts ≠ endorsement - intended to inspire discussion.

ethics.acm.org is where you can find the Code and other supporting resources #ACMCodeofEthics #IReadTheCode
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Greed has poisoned men’s souls, has barricaded the world with hate, has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed. We have developed speed, but we have shut ourselves in. Machinery that gives abundance has left us in want. Our knowledge has made us cynical. Our cleverness, hard and unkind. We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery we need humanity. More than cleverness we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost…
October 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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"Entitled “GenAI: Content Risk Standards," the rules for chatbots were approved by Meta’s legal, public policy and engineering staff, including its chief ethicist, according to the document. " www.reuters.com/investigates...
Meme from the 1987 Princess Bride movie where Inigo Montoya says "you keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means" with the word "ethicist" added at the beginning.
August 20, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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Please be patient with me. I'm from the 1900s.
June 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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The average American has 3 friends. (from toyphotographers.com/2018/05/11/t...)
Three toy LEGO raptors at Arches National Park
May 4, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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From the #ACMCodeofEthics #IReadtheCode "3.7 Recognize and take special care of systems that become integrated into the infrastructure of society." www.acm.org/code-of-ethics

What happens when systems have become integrated into the infrastructure and we can't walk away even when they cause harm?
3.7 Recognize and take special care of systems that become integrated into the infrastructure of society. Even the simplest computer systems have the potential to impact all aspects of society when integrated with everyday activities such as commerce, travel, government, healthcare, and education. When organizations and groups develop systems that become an important part of the infrastructure of society, their leaders have an added responsibility to be good stewards of these systems. Part of that stewardship requires establishing policies for fair system access, including for those who may have been excluded. That stewardship also requires that computing professionals monitor the level of integration of their systems into the infrastructure of society. As the level of adoption changes, the ethical responsibilities of the organization or group are likely to change as well. Continual monitoring of how society is using a system will allow the organization or group to remain consistent with their ethical obligations outlined in the Code. When appropriate standards of care do not exist, computing professionals have a duty to ensure they are developed.
May 3, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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"One can't be angry when one looks at a penguin." - John Ruskin, Charles Eliot Norton, John Lewis Bradley, Ian Ousby (1987). “The Correspondence of John Ruskin and Charles Eliot Norton”, p.59, Cambridge University Press
a waddle of King penguins standing on the shores of Corinthian Bay in the Australian territory of Heard Island in the Southern Ocean.
April 4, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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Time for a lesser-quoted Baron Acton quotation - check the alt text for the full quote
"The worst criminals were not the men who did the deed. The crime of mobs and courtiers, infuriated by the lust of vengeance and of power, is not so strange a portent as the exultation of peaceful men, influenced by no present injury or momentary rage, but by the permanent and incurable perversion of moral sense wrought by a distorted piety." - John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton in The Massacre Of St. Bartholomew (1869)
April 2, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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AI Voice Cloning is no joke. With a few seconds of audio, it can replicate the voices of friends, family, or coworkers. This AI Fools Week, create a secret word with your loved ones that you can use to differentiate between reality and scams! #AIFools www.staysafeonline.org/campaigns/sa...
A split image. The top is a scared and disheveled teen girl and the bottom is an alarmed grandmother. Both are holding phones. The text says "Don't fall victim to AI Voice cloning. Create a safe word with your family today." Presented by the National Cybersecurity Alliance for their AI Fools event.
April 1, 2025 at 2:11 AM