Originally broadcast at 10:45 a.m. EDT Thursday, July 23, 2020.
Deborah Johnson on the challenges of new technology and how citizens can ethically navigate the digital world.
Johnson recently retired as the Anne Shirley Carter Olsson Professor of Applied Ethics in the University of Virginia’s Department of Engineering and Society. She is best known for her work on computer ethics and engineering ethics and published one of the first textbooks on computer ethics in 1985.
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Up Next in 2020 Programs
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Panel Discussion: AI and Humanity
Originally broadcast at 10:45 a.m. EDT Wednesday, July 22, 2020.
David Danks, Jennifer Keating, Illah Nourbakhsh analyze ethics in tech in a panel discussion.
Danks is L.L. Thurstone Professor of Philosophy & Psychology, and head of the Department of Philosophy, at Carnegie Mellon Universi...
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Who Are the American People?
Originally broadcast at 10:45 a.m. EDT Thursday, July 16, 2020.
Paula Kerger details PBS’ mission after 50 years and in the current social climate.
“Our focus is on citizens and not on consumers.”
Kerger is president and chief executive officer of PBS, the nation’s largest non-commercial med...
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Telling the Story of Systemic Racism
Originally broadcast at 10:45 a.m. EDT Wednesday, July 15, 2020.
Tricia Rose on structural racism and the gears that spin the current system.
“There’s no easy, single villain.”
Rose is the Chancellor's Professor of Africana Studies, associate dean of the Faculty for Special Initiatives and D...
