Computing systems are tightly integrated today into our professional, social, and private lives. An important consequence of this growing ubiquity of computing is that it can have significant ethical implications of which computing professionals should take account. In most real-world scenarios, it is not immediately obvious how particular technical choices during the design and use of computing systems could be viewed from an ethical perspective. This article provides a perspective on the ethical challenges within semiconductor chip design, IoT applications, and the increasing use of artificial intelligence in the design processes, tools, and hardware-software stacks of these systems.
翻译:今天,计算机系统被紧密地融入我们的专业、社会和私人生活之中。 计算机的日益普遍化的一个重要后果是它具有重要的伦理影响,计算专业人员应该对此加以考虑。 在大多数现实世界的情景中,如何从道德角度看待计算机系统设计和使用过程中的特定技术选择并不十分明显。 本条从一个角度审视半导体芯片设计、IoT应用以及这些系统的设计过程、工具和硬件堆堆中越来越多地使用人工智能的伦理挑战。