• Kant says that human should always be treated as end in themselves, never merely as means to an end. Are there any circumstances under which an intelligent computer should be given the same consideration?
• You have read about incidents involving the Threac-25 in the chapter. Do you think that traditional methods of treatment are better than the treatment methods that use technology? Why?
• Would you accept a salaried position (paying a certain amount each month) if you knew it would require you to work at least 50 hours per week in order to complete the required work?
• How will our notions of intellectual property change if computers become capable of creative work?
• How could “cookies” created by a Web server affect a computer user’s privacy?
• What evidence has been given to show that automation eliminates jobs? What evidence has been given to show that automation creates more jobs than it destroys?
• What are some benefits brought about by automation? What are some harms brought about by automation?
• You lead a group of five software engineers involved in the testing of a new product. Your manager tells you that because of a company-wide layoff, you need to give notice to one member of your team. From your interactions with the team members, you can easily identify the two members who are least productive, but you are not sure which of them you should lay off. You know that the company keeps track of all Internet traffic to each person’s computer, although you have never shared this information with your team. You could use this information to determine how much time, if any, these two employees are spending surfing the Web. Is it wrong to access these records?

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1 Yes only when the intelligent computer will do something for its sake For instance when a strange person will try to operate it and maybe it has an artificial intelligence of face recognition it wil... View the full answer