Ethics and Liability
Foreseeable misuses
Changes during life-cycle
Disposing
Stevens Honor System
Ensures student work can be trusted (honesty and fair play)
Lit torch means valus, ethics, and learning being passed to others
We're passing it to AI right now
Ethical codes, professional registration (PE), etc., makes you abided by laws
=> Could be contract laws
Tort laws (non contract)
Code of Hammurabi (harsh codes for punishment)
Stevens: Marine Safety Code
First to sail into Hudson with steam engine
Marine safety code because of accident
Int'l Building Code
Minimum requirements for building systems
NSPE Professional Obligations
IEEE Code of Ethics
Conflict of Interest
NCEES provides professional licensure (gives you exam)
Fundamental of Engineering Exam
Principles and Practice of Engineering Exam
Institutional Review Board (IRB)
Also known as ERB (ethical review board) or independ tehics committee (iec)
Age APpropriate Design Code
Right to remove, nkow, safetya nd support, informed and conscious use, digital literacy
Basically protect children
Global Digital Cooperation
"Leaving No One Behind"
Sustainable Development Goals (7 goals)
Common Ethical Violations
Failing to protect public
unethical disclosure of facts/info
failure to include all pertinent info in prof. reports
performing work for which one is not qualified
expressing prof opinion not founded on technical competence and facts
issue statement or comms without identifying all interested parties
failing to act as faithful agent/trustee of employer or client
Resolving conflicts
Act in the best interest of the public
Everything else secondary to that goal
Legal Costs of Failure
Manufa. defects
design defct
failure to warn defect (warnings on label, etc.)
Privity Protection No longer
protected manufacturer
Now, manufacturer also needs to claim responsibility
Force Majeure
frees both parties from liability or obligation from things not of their doing
Black Swan and Gray Rhino - books
Elephant in the room
Anticipate musises
Baby stick hand in fan, so dyson makes no blade
Handsfree phone with STT
USB data blocker
Juice jacking is cyber attack
Data blocker rids of data pins
Levels of Drivign Automation
Very few students
Similar to IEEE
Develop Standards
Lots of electronics have rare earth metals etc., so recycle
9V battery safety
Orbital Debris
17,500 mph can destory satellite, kill astronaut, etc.
False information
Ethics
Fake news
Consider source, read beyond, check author, joke, date, biases, ask experts
Red Herring
"The fear of machines turning evil is another red herring. The real wrory isn't malevolence, but competence. A superintelligent AI is by definition very good at attaining its goals, whatever they may be, so we need to enesure that its goals are algined with ours." Max Tegmark, Life 3.0
Echo chamber/filter bubble in social media
Basically is bias, cultural tribalism, confirmation bias, etc.