From the course: Tech Ethics: Avoiding Unintended Consequences

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Imagining future risk today

Imagining future risk today

From the course: Tech Ethics: Avoiding Unintended Consequences

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Imagining future risk today

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- As tech evolves faster each day, risks that may at first glance appear to be far off in some distant science fiction future can very suddenly appear to disrupt your present. If you can imagine a harmful impact that a technology product could potentially have, even if it sounds ludicrous or farfetched, you should be considering how to avoid it in the here and now. One of the most useful habits to cultivate is envisioning future scenarios. If you are building a product yourself or leading a team of developers or even just thinking about pursuing a career in an emerging field like AI, you should be actively envisioning what the full range of impact of your product, service or platform could be. It's not enough to optimistically think through the positive effects you hope your product will have. The first step to avoid unintended consequences is to train yourself to imagine what the risks could be both right around the…

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