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Reading 12

At its core, the fundamental role of patenting is to provide a means to extend property rights to novel and non-obvious inventions in the interest of incentivizing private entities to innovate for social good. Even the US Constitution references the field of intellectual property as “promot[ing] the Progress of Science and useful Arts,” and promoting […]

Reading 11

This week, I looked into automation and how the rise of technology is arguably leading to the downfall of many jobs. I remember going to New York last year, and because everything is so expensive, I figured I would go to the local friendly McDonalds for a meal. The restaurant looked more like a long […]

Project 03

Check out our podcast on the Privacy Paradox! Project 03 – Privacy Paradox Although I did not complete the daily challenges, I was very pleased to see that there are alternatives to the big tech companies’ services most people use on a daily basis. For example, I can see myself using Firefox over Google for […]

Reading 10

This week, I have chosen to explore more about artificial intelligence (AI). It’s quite the buzzword now, so I wanted to learn more about this field of study. To borrow Kris Hammond’s definition, artificial intelligence is “a sub-field of computer science. Its goal is to enable the development of computers that are able to do […]

Reading 09

For this week’s reading, I focused on the articles addressing “fake news.” The phrase seems to be thrown around often these days, so I figured that I should learn more. What I found was absolutely enraging. Being someone who doesn’t follow news very well (my degree can’t earn itself, you know), I thought the phrase […]

Reading 08

Corporate personhood is a messy concept to begin with, but it stems from the fact that corporations need a way to establish property rights outside of the individuals who comprise the company. Investors could buy shares of companies without the fear of being sued if the company acted out of line. Corporate personhood, then, really […]

Reading 07

The availability and seeming ubiquity of “the cloud” has provided developers and users alike another way of accessing needed storage and computing ability. Although the problems facing cloud-based solutions are numerous, cloud services are still incredibly helpful and will undoubtedly play a larger role in everyday life as technology surrounding them advances. With that in […]

Reading 06

Before going into the readings for this week, I had already formed an opinion on the debate between privacy and security concerns around “backdoor” methods to accessing people’s data. After the readings, my opinion is even more formed than it was before: technology companies should maintain some sort of encryption key or other “backdoor” method […]

Response to Project 02

In terms of software development interviews, the most important parts of the guide to me occur where it suggests that the interviewee already knows the answer and needs to stay calm when providing solutions. In a number of coding challenges I have taken, I simply looked at the problem at hand, panicked, and failed miserably. […]

Project 02

Check out our group’s guide to interviewing! ethicsproject2