Unit introduction This unit explores the ethical issues raised by computationally intelligent systems and by both current and future technologies. It also explores the personal ethics frameworks that software developers need to develop to make informed choices about the scope and use of their work. The behaviour of computationally intelligent agents that might include autonomous vehicles, military or medical robots and computer vision systems for predictive policing raises ethical question at multiple levels. Issues around the implicit basis of algorithms that underpin such technologies are becoming increasingly apparent and how to recognise these issues is an increasingly necessary skill for computational professionals of all types. You will explore the current ethical debates around such technologies and useful approaches to conceptualising ethical issues in a proactive way. Learning outcomes and assessment criteria On completion of this unit, you will be able to L01, Identify complex ethical issues in relation to computational technology (Enquiry) L02, Discuss approaches to mitigating algorithm bias (Enquiry) L03, Recognise personal ethical agency as a computational practitioner (Knowledge) What you have to produce Assessment Description, Portfolio of work: documenting the outcomes for the research on ethical issues in computational practice. (100%) Further Information With this unit you have the option of how to present your work and the number of elements you can present to create your portfolio. Some examples can be: 1) One essay (2000 words) 2) A 20' presentation supported by slides, mindmap, or research poster 3) An original artistic exploration that has ethical computational challenges (in this case the practice-based work must be accompained by 1000 words explaining the project and ethical implications). If you have other ideas, please discuss them with the tutors as the composition of your portfolio must be discussed well before the deadline. If instead you are resubmitting or working for a resit, please stick with one of the options above. Your portfolio can focus on: · a specific AI/computational artwork/project/platform (including your own if relevant) with ethical implications or a specific AI/computational Ethics problem. Before starting to write you will be guided to choose the focus of your portfolio. If you choose to focus on a specific AI artwork/project, you will need to link this practice to the theory around ethics explained during the lectures and workshops. All lectures in this unit are examples of essays that could work as submission. Please always be mindful of plagiarism. During the unit we will develop skills around creating your own structure for the essay. Usually an essay should have: Introduction, Body, Conclusion, Bibliography. Essential Reading Boddington, P. (2017). Towards a Code of Ethics for Artificial Intelligence. Springer. Eubanks, V. (2018). Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor. St. Martin's Press. Lin, P., Abney, K. and Jenkins, R. (2017). Robot Ethics 2.0: From Autonomous Cars to Artificial Intelligence. Oxford University Press. Reed, B. (2015). The Drone Papers. The Incercept_ https://theintercept.com/dronepapers/ Kearns, M. and Roth, A. (2019). The ethical algorithm: The science of socially aware algorithm design. Oxford University Press. Liebman, S. (2018). Mapping Word Embeddings with Word2vec. [online] Medium. Available at: <https://towardsdatascience.com/mapping-word- embeddingswithword2vec- 99a799dc9695>