Big Tech and Data Ethics

Author: Sam Gilbert

Publisher: Bennett Institute of Public Policy, Cambridge

Publication Year: 2020

Summary: The following article discusses the following topics with respect big tech companies: privacy and surveillance; bias; discrimination; and injustice in algorithmic decisioning; encoding of ethical assumptions in autonomous vehicle systems; artificial general intelligence as an existential risk to humanity; software user interface design as an impediment to human flourishing; job displacement from machine-learning and robotics; and monetary compensation for personal data use.