Andreessen's Corollary: Ethical Dilemmas in Software Engineering
summary
Software growth since Andreessen’s 2011 prophecy produces concrete ethical failures: Facebook emotional manipulation of hundreds of thousands in 2012, Zenefits Chrome plugin faking 52 hours of required training, Uber’s Greyball hiding cars and denying 29 regulator ride requests, Google image models and Tay learning hateful content, Tesla’s marketed “autopilot” causing a 2016 fatality, and Boeing’s MCAS software linked to two crashes (Lion Air 610, Ethiopian 302). Each case names the tool, the scale, and whether it worked or caused harm.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:38History
- 1:00Code of Ethics
- 6:54Napster
- 8:02Friendster
- 11:14Complexity and Ambiguity
- 12:25Facebook
- 18:59Google
- 22:16Tesla
- 24:51NTSB
- 25:38Facebook in Myanmar
- 29:54Pittsburgh mosque shooting
- 38:41ACM Code of Ethics
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