13: Exploring Attention and Virtue through Science Fiction with Emanuelle Burton

DigEthix: Digital Ethics Today

Seth interviews Dr. Emanuelle Burton. Emanuelle obtained her PhD in Religion and Literature from the. University of Chicago Divinity School. She teaches ethics in the Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Chicago. In collaboration with Judy Goldsmith, Nicholas Mattei, Cory Siler, and Sara Jo-Swiatek, she is developing a science fiction-based ethics curriculum for computer science students. Her solo research focuses on ethical formation in science fiction and fantasy for young readers.
The key questions for this episode are: how do we become the right sort of people to create worthwhile technologies? How do we prevent these technologies from distorting us and our relationships? What ethical skills will be useful for the next generation of technologists?
Potentially Helpful Articles:
https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/10/05/1036519/facebook-whistleblower-frances-haugen-algorithms/?truid=&utm_source=the_download&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=the_download.unpaid.engagement&utm_term=Active%20Qualified&utm_content=10-06-2021&mc_cid=7d8eef32ea&mc_eid=836f82dd3f
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2021/10/day-without-facebook/620303/?mc_cid=7d8eef32ea&mc_eid=836f82dd3f

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/10/facebook-outage-likely-caused-60m-loss-impacted-small-businesses/?mc_cid=7d8eef32ea&mc_eid=836f82dd3f

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/oct/06/mark-zuckerberg-hits-back-at-facebook-whistleblower-frances-haugen-claims?mc_cid=7d8eef32ea&mc_eid=836f82dd3f

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/10/05/facebook-research-data-haugen-congress-regulation/?mc_cid=7d8eef32ea&mc_eid=836f82dd3f

Emanuelle's Collaborators:
http://www.cs.uky.edu/~goldsmit/

https://sse.tulane.edu/cs/faculty/mattei
https://divinity.uchicago.edu/directory/sara-jo-swiatek-0
https://www.linkedin.com/in/cory-siler-ba6784102

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Music: "Dreams" from Bensound.com
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