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An Ethics Guide for Tech Gets Written With Workers in Mind
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An Ethics Guide for Tech Gets Written With Workers in Mind

Wired, 2020


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As internet-based technologies and artificial intelligence capabilities mature, a concerned public wants greater protection from surveillance and the potential biases and abuses of artificial intelligence (AI), as well as protection against the unintended harms new technologies can inflict on democracy. These concerns alarm tech workers far more than they worry tech CEOs. Wired senior writer Arielle Pardes looks at the worker-led movement for greater accountability in the tech sector, and particularly at the Omidyar Network’s Ethical Explorer Pack, a framework of eight risk factors to consider in discussing these issues.

Take-Aways

  • Digital products bring potential threats that alarm the public and lawmakers alike.
  • Advocacy by workers – more than action from tech industry leaders – drives the push for change.
  • The Ethical Explorer Pack guides users through eight “risk zones”: “surveillance, disinformation, exclusion, algorithmic bias, addiction, data control, bad actors and outsize power.”

About the Author

Arielle Pardes covers human interaction with technology as a senior writer for Wired.


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