Colleges Look to the Future of Technology

Stories have been coming out about social media services and content hosting services finding themselves having to deal with complex social and legal situations far beyond the scope of their original humble intents. Now, some groups are working to try to prevent these situations in the future. Many universities, including Harvard, MIT, Stanford, and the University of Texas, are beginning to create and offer computer science ethics courses. Their goal is to prepare future tech leaders for grappling with the ethical ramifications of technology developments, from AI to self-driving cars to autonomous weapons. Hopefully these efforts keep the tech world innovative, but also focused on helping people first and foremost.