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ECS 188: Ethics

How television dims the mind

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Overview

Last time: Dyson’s view of future tech for social good

This time: Dangers of tech: television

Next time: Dangers of tech: Google

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Upcoming assignments

Today: email me group membership, then submit final project milestone 1 via Canvas

Friday: Summary of reading, should be .5 to 1 page (12 pt font, single space)

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Question: Will AI replace all of us?

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MS vs CS -- ME needs expensive equipment

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Evolution of computer systems and productivity: Still need talented CS people

Programming languages

Operating systems

Libraries and Frameworks

APIs

Clouds

Open source / Stack overflow

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My experience in industry: user empathy and systems hugely important for Security

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Facebook vs Ford, software is different

  • Facebook market cap: $542B with 23k employees
  • Ford market cap: $48B with 201k employees
  • Twitter circa 2014: same market cap as Ford but with 3k employees!

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Likely to be a divide between people building core tech and people assembling it