This volume results from the first research conference organized by Computer Professional for Social Responsibility (CSPR). Each chapter is authored by a computer scientist addressing the social impact of computers. Four chapters describe the milieu in which computer science is managed and financed. Three chapters present software engineering analyses of cost reliability and safety and relate them to defence policy. Five chapters explore the implications of applying artificial intelligence technology in particular areas, from education to combat, and the final chapters confront present and future dilemmas from philosophical and ethical perspectives.
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This volume results from the first research conference organized by Computer Professional for Social Responsibility (CSPR). Each chapter is authored by a computer scientist addressing the social impact of computers.
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Introduction V


1 A Conversation with Robert Kahn  1
Gary Chapman


2 Strategic Computing Research and the Universities  18
Terry Winograd


3 Computers in the Public Interest: The Promise and Reality of ARPANET   33
David S. Bushnell and Victoria B. Elder


4 Federal Funding in Computer Science: A Preliminary Report   51
Joel S. Yudken and Barbara B. Simons


5 Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work   65
Juergen Koenemann

 

6 An Ecological Approach to Responsible Systems Development   82
Reinhard Keil-Slawic

 

7 Testing for Trustworthiness   97
Richard Hamlet

 

8 Fault Tolerant Ballistic Missile Defense   105
David Bella

 

9 The Costs of Star Wars Software   115
Eric Nilsson


10 Will There Be Teachers in the Classroom of the Future?   127
Seth Chaiklin and Matthew W. Lewis


11 Expert Systems in Medicine: Results from a Technology Assessment Study   138
R. Engelbrecht, P. Potthoff, and D. Schwefel


12 Artificial Intelligence to Help Solve the Crisis in our Legal System   149
Donald H. Berman and Carole D. Hafner


13 A Civilian Computing Initiative: Three Modest Proposals   167
Douglas Schuler


14 Computing, Research, and War: If "Knowledge is Power," Where is Responsibility?   175
Jack Beusmans and Karen Wieckert


15 The Responsible Use of "Expert" Systems   191
Susan Landau


16 Technologies of Danger and Wisdom   203
K. Eric Drexler


Author Index   213
Subject Index   217

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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780893915582
Publisert
1990-05-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Intellect Books
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
200