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Science, Technology, & Ethics in the Real World

January 11 - 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

MIT is a literally world-changing institution, equipping its students, faculty, and alumni to innovate in science and technology for a better future.  But what sort of future should we be building?

In this mini-course, participants explore case studies for thinking about what sorts of technologies we should be building, asking questions of meaning, purpose, and ultimate goals. In addition to learning about both religious and secular ethical frameworks, participants discuss real-world case studies of ethical dilemmas faced by the MIT community. New for 2025, participants will learn about and discuss the complex economic incentives that make ethical choices in industry so difficult, addressing what happens when your hopes and dreams collide with the realities of the job market.

Past topics have included:

  • What MIT didn’t teach you: an alumni panel exploring everyday ethics and human flourishing in technological industry (with Ted Leung, Ernie Prabhakar, Angie Du, Marcus Gibson)
  • Climate science (with Dorothy Boorse, Professor of Biology at Gordon College)
  • Bioethics (with Praveen Sethupathy, Professor of Physiological Genomics at Cornell University)
  • Artificial Intelligence (with Ehi Nosakhare (MIT PhD ‘18), Senior Data and Applied Science Manager at Microsoft)

Details

Date:
January 11
Time:
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Website:
https://calendar.mit.edu/event/science-technology-ethics-in-the-real-world

Organizer

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Venue

Building 16
21 Ames St
Cambridge, MA 02139 United States
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