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It’s unfortunate, perhaps to the point of irrelevance, that a need for ethics was raised and then summarily limited to AI. Software, all software, needs an eth
by austincheney 6y ago
It’s unfortunate, perhaps to the point of irrelevance, that a need for ethics was raised and then summarily limited to AI.
Software, all software, needs an ethical standard and it currently has nothing remotely close in common practice. This will be a hard sell though, because most developers have no idea what ethics are, why they would be needed, or how they apply to practice. Frequently when the idea of ethics are raised the response is hostility and often framed in terms that are purely imaginative.
When people in other industries ask me what’s required to be a software developer I always tell them it’s just a matter of charming an interviewer. There is no education requirement, no licensing/certification, no standard skill definition, no internship or agency, and certainly no ethical standard. It’s always amusing to watch their response.
- baggy_trough 6y agoCertainly we can be very happy that it is so.
- austincheney 6y agoWhen you don't have anything to compare it to I am sure its perfect and faultless.
- pixl97 6y agoWell, the only thing you 'need' at the end of the day to be a software engineer is a computer. It is probably the most accessible field that contains the term engineer in it. There are no physical artifacts necessary like most other engineering fields. More so only few software projects actually require any of those things you state above, such as medical devices or software that runs control systems that affect things in real life. Does the same set if ethics/regulations even make sense for one person developing a guided missile versus another making a video game, that happens to shoot missiles at virtual targets?