SOCI 210 NOTES 1 20 17 Brene Brown Empathy video Murphy s Law Anything that can go wrong will go wrong 1 23 17 Digital ethics and the future of humans video notes ETHICS o Moral principles that govern a person s group or behavior o Synonyms moral code morals morality value principles ideals standards etc Technology has NO ethics o Singularity o Trends in the next couple of years combinatorial everything will depend on ethics o Ethics believes and principals helps us to decide if something is useful or creepy The FOUR WAY TEST o Is it the truth o Is it fair to all concerned o Will it build goodwill and better friendship o Will it be beneficial to all concerned Importance of ethics o privacy vs security o Obama cant have 100 privacy 100 security o Almost every decision made has ethics technology has limitless potential to improve our lives o GEBO family robot partner o Artificial intelligence is more dangerous than nukes o HellVen Machine intelligence Video Using computation for our decisions Software is becoming more powerful but also less transparent more complex MACHINE LEARNING o take the system feed it lots of data system learns by churning thru the data o Don t operate under a single answer logic o Downside we dk what the system learned Algorithm o Audits Cannot outsource to computers Empathy video Empathy vs sympathy o E fills connection 4 qualities perspective taking ability to take perspective of another person staying out of judgement Recognizing emotion in other people then communicating that Feeling WITH people It s a choice o S drives disconnection We need to teach kids how to be skeptical of the internet Article Kids nowadays cant tell fake news from real news o Cant tell what is sponsored fm what is not o Disheartening bc first gen of digital natives o What age should educators teach kids about lessons of the internet As humanly as possible o Students need to be taught internet literacy but also need to mature and grow up CLASS NOTES Sociological Foundations What is technology Artifacts created by humans such as machines and the methods used to create those artifacts Information and communication technology ICT Typing the keyboard Christopher Sholes o Invented qwerty typewriter o Got tired after 5 yrs James Dentmore o digraph tried to rearrange the letters to make a keyboard o went to remington company to change how typewriter s fun Remington 2 Changed the type bars Eliminated key jams Dr August Dvorak o Edu psychologist o Set out to create a better keyboard using logic o Dvorak keyboard benefits More comfortable You type faster You type more accurately Easier to learn Sociology o scientific study of human social behavior human association Culture o Thoughts behaviors production stuff o Subculture distinct culture w in a culture NOT counter to it o Counterculture culture of those who reject the culture o Symbols signs o Gestures o Values Maslow s hierarchy of needs o Language Most universal dimension of human culture Allows us to understand connect with each other Can shape thoughts emotions o WHERE ARE YOU is only 20 yrs old 1 25 17 Why the first lap top reading Bill Moggridge built the world s first recognizable laptop the GRiD Compass o In 1982 sold for 8 150 to the military 20k today Weighed 11 lbs Jeff Hawkins o Sociological reason It was designed for business executives Biggest obstacles KEYBOARD ppl at this time did not have comps or keyboards uncomfortable w it Gendered component typing was womens work secretary Psychological reason not good at the work their female employees do 2nd reason uncomfortable bc they dk how to type need to understand the role that social power plays in tech Adoption This is what Tech s ugly gender prob Article Kathryn Tucker redrover app o Pitched an idea to an investor but he said he doesn invest in women bc he doesn t like their thinking hvent mastered linear thinking Ex his wife could not prioritize her to do list Rachel Skylar founder of change the ratio o Investor said he doesn t invest in women he doesn t find attractive Tip wear a wedding ring Report fm Pitchbook o Only 13 of venture backed companies had at least one female cofounder o In software sector women run businesses accounted for just 10 of all venture capital deals Gender discrimination is alive among tech s white male investors o NOT all venture capitalists VC discriminate against female founders o NOT all females feel discriminated against o NOT all female founders deserve to be funded o Statistics are a very rel prob Mishew s story o Investor wanted to meet w her changed plans to the bar moved their seats to a couch trying to get all up on her but she wouldn t allow it and left o Thought she was the only one but found to be a common prob amongst female founders o Most early stage invedsting is built on camaraderie Male founders don t have to make many mental calcs about an investor s intent unlike women Gender specific investors o Weinblatt Ppl asked her if she has seen blahblah bc they like to invest in women o Even harder being a single mother Sheri Atwood founder of supportpay Ppl didn t believe that she built the app herself Not a 21 yo hoodie prob Investor said brunettes are taken more seriously Wants community to know that bias exists Race plays in Online Dating Article When searching or a partner ppl ususally stick to their own race o Ppl teld to prefer ppl of similar races and discriminate against the others study by Sandy Wagner o Ken Hou Lin UT Jenn Lundquist of US Finds that significant racial preferences exist regardless of edu pattern White women w a college degree are more likely to respond to white daters w o a degree to black ppl who have a degree Black women many msgs fm black men tiny amt fm lation men none fm white or asian Asian white women receive msgs fm all men in out of their ethnic group WHY o Ppl tend to respond to ppl of a similar or more dominant racial status o Race is more important when ppl search and less when ppl respond How new technology help blind ppl explore Video Chieko Asakawa o Blind woman since the age of 14 o Losing independence hardest thing for her o Technology helps ppl w limitations Ex textbooks she couldn t see so she had her brothers help but sometimes they werent around Began wondering why there s no tech to create books in the brain began her innovation journey Now ppl today can use digital devices to read books in brain or in voice Accessibility ignites innovation o Ex telephone keyboard o In her life ppl