From smart sensors that infringe on our privacy to neural nets that portray realistic imposter deepfakes, our society increasingly bears the burden of negative, if unintended, consequences of computing innovations. As the experts in the technology we create, Computer Science (CS) researchers must do better at anticipating and addressing these undesirable consequences proactively. Our prior work showed that many of us recognize the value of thinking preemptively about the perils our research can pose, yet we tend to address them only in hindsight. How can we change the culture in which considering undesirable consequences of digital technology is deemed as important, but is not commonly done?
翻译:从侵犯隐私的智能传感器到描绘逼真虚假深度伪造的神经网络,我们的社会日益承受着计算创新带来的负面后果——即便这些后果并非有意为之。作为我们所创造技术的专家,计算机科学研究者必须更加主动地预判并应对这些不良后果。我们先前的研究表明,尽管许多人认识到预先思考研究可能带来的危害的价值,但我们往往仅在事后才予以关注。我们该如何改变这种文化——即虽然认为考虑数字技术的不良后果很重要,却并未普遍付诸实践?