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Ethics really should be mandatory for anybody making/designing anything. Some unis do fortunately have mandatory ethics courses depending on your programme.
by user_7832 3y ago
Ethics really should be mandatory for anybody making/designing anything. Some unis do fortunately have mandatory ethics courses depending on your programme.
- pokeymcsnatch 3y agoEthics is (often?) required in engineering curriculum, but it's mostly along the lines of "don't lie about work you didn't do then charge for it". There's nothing that touches on only using your powers for good. Like building 'autonomous' cars then letting them loose in public before they're proven, or building out algorithms designed to get people addicted to rage bait, or building in planned obsolesce, or building a device that uses WiFi to map out a private domicile without the occupant's knowledge. Engineering ethics courses all boil down to "don't lie about stuff", not "think about the potential consequences of what you're building".
- no_time 3y agoBold of you to assume that anyone will care about what they heard in ethics class when presented with the opportunity to get rich and powerful.