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My university didn't have classes on ethics in technology as a requirement for a computer science degree. In retrospect after working in the startup world for
by ejlangev 9y ago
My university didn't have classes on ethics in technology as a requirement for a computer science degree. In retrospect after working in the startup world for a few years I wish they had. People need to be given the tools to evaluate questions of technical ethics themselves otherwise they'll just sign on to the employer arguments about "tech is neutral" or "think of all the people this helps" while ignore all the people they (or someone else using what they created) may hurt.
- aurenen 9y agoMy university did, but since most CS majors did not care about GPAs, most of my classmates took the class and just cared about passing it, not actually learning anything or recognizing the importance of ethics. Hearing my classmates joke about some really serious ethical dilemmas kind of made me depressed about the state of the field.