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CS 391 Ethics
Assignment 4:
Communicating with the Media
Student’s First and Last Name
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Move to page 2 where you’ll find general instructions.
For each page, synthesize your research and write in complete sentences in essay format using 14pt type.
Write about each question, prompt, or process provided in the Notes below each slide.
Add additional pages if you need more room.
Cite sources by using hyperlinks in the Titles of the Article and Titles of Laws. See the example on the Writing Requirements page. Cite all articles and laws that you mention.
Do not change the font styles. They must stay at 14 point Lato left-justified type.
Do not bullet the paragraphs. Write in essay format only.
Add all sources to the Bibliography page.
Include author, title, publisher, date, and URL.
When in doubt, write the instructor for clarification using the Canvas Inbox.
Instructions
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Move to page 4.
Article 1: Artificial Intelligence meets Natural Stupidity
Read article Artificial Intelligence Meets Natural Stupidity through page 146, where "Fido is a Dog" is mentioned. The full 33-page is included, in case you find it entertaining, but you only need to read the first four pages of the text. Synthesize the "Wishful Thinking" subsection. Have you ever seen evidence of the phenomenon he describes? Extra Credit: Scan the rest of the text for the other section titles (skimming fine), define main idea for each.
Synthesize what you read in the provided article
Summarize the article.
Reflect on the material and how it relates to your life/field of study
Extra Credit: Scan the document for other section titles, define the main idea for each
Cite the sources as per instructions in step 1.c of page 2.
Article 2: Latour Article
PART 2: Read and Synthesize Latour Article
What is the cultural construction of science? How do we, as a community, use language to construct the appearance of knowledge and reality when, in fact, science and innovation in general are fluid processes where particular concepts can be overturned with just one discovery. Given the apparent authority of technology experts, what are some of our ethical obligations in communicating with non-experts?
Synthesize what you read in the provided article.
Summarize the article.
Reflect on the article.
Discuss our ethical obligations in communicating with non-experts, what should we do and not do?
Cite the sources as per instructions in step 1.c of page 2.
Scientists Report Robot That Makes Its Own Robots
PART 3a: Separating Fact from Fiction
What impression does the title create? What is the reality? Synthesize this article using your technical training to separate fact from fiction.
Read through the article and discuss areas that were over-claimed, hypothetical but presented as fact, or misleading
What impact might this article have on policy-makers? funding in robotics?
What could the news service have done better? What are their challenges in doing so?
How has your training impacted your ability to interpret truth in this article?
Cite the sources as per instructions in step 1.c of page 2.
Scientists Report Robot That Makes Its Own Robots 2.0
PART 3b: What would you say?
Re-write in three paragraphs the core of this article in the New York Times. Your job is to write the article so that the lay reader can actually form a considered opinion of the work, and so that the reader’s future thoughts about legislation, ethics and technology’s future can be informed and supported by the information you present.
Bibliography
Using your bibliography tool of choice, add a bibliography for this project.
Each entry should include these items:
Author name
Title of the article
Publisher
Publish date
URL
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