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I've taken multiple ethics class as part of my degree, and to be honest, if you don't already understand morality, you need the course. But I don't believe that
by downrightmike 6y ago
I've taken multiple ethics class as part of my degree, and to be honest, if you don't already understand morality, you need the course. But I don't believe that those courses really have the desired impact, cheaters will cheat. It is more like these courses are created to cover the institution against the risk of appearing to not be graduating ethical individuals, but they can't actually make moral people beyond catching people who break the honor code and expelling them.
- zozbot234 6y agoApplied-ethics discussions and courses are not about making people ethical who might otherwise cheat; they're about making people aware of what the generally-acknowledged ethical concerns are in their field, so that they can reach better decisions. (By way of example, the topic of bias in AI models would in fact be covered in any introduction to stats, including an extensive discussion of the well-known tradeoff between bias and variance.)
- koheripbal 6y agoIt should apply to every degree. AI isn't special in that regard.