Addressing the Unforeseen Harms of Technology CCC Whitepaper

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2408.06431v1
• Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2024 18:16:37 GMT
• Title: Addressing the Unforeseen Harms of Technology CCC Whitepaper
• Authors: Nadya Bliss, Kevin Butler, David Danks, Ufuk Topcu, Matthew Turk,
• Abstract summary: This whitepaper explores how to address possible harmful consequences of computing technologies. It starts from the assumption that very few harms due to technology are intentional or deliberate. There are concrete steps that can be taken to address the difficult problem of anticipating and responding to potential harms from new technologies.
• Score: 17.079055802371435
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Recent years have seen increased awareness of the potential significant impacts of computing technologies, both positive and negative. This whitepaper explores how to address possible harmful consequences of computing technologies that might be difficult to anticipate, and thereby mitigate or address. It starts from the assumption that very few harms due to technology are intentional or deliberate; rather, the vast majority result from failure to recognize and respond to them prior to deployment. Nonetheless, there are concrete steps that can be taken to address the difficult problem of anticipating and responding to potential harms from new technologies.

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