Does our technology outpace our ability to define what is right?
In short: As technological inventions remake our world, we face a growing gap between our immense new powers and the ethical principles required to guide them. This video explores whether we possess a moral operating system to navigate this digital era.
Damon Horowitz, the Director of Engineering and in-house philosopher at Google, examines the tension between rapid invention and ethics. He highlights how technology provides us with unprecedented power to know more about ourselves and each other than ever before.
The discussion considers the vast amounts of data held by companies like Google—including search history, emails, birthdays, and addresses—and questions not just what companies can do with this information, but what they should do.
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- Summary by Intellect · source: We need a "moral operating system" - Damon Horowitz
- Also: Do We Need a "Moral Operating System"? - Newsroom | University of St. Thomas
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