Governance including ethical & moral issues, legal implications, and other human safeguards & checkpoints required for large scale deployment of new products (artifacts) into society is also challenged.
Public Interest Technology
Public Interest Technology [define] is a field dedicated to leveraging technology to support public interest organizations and the people they serve.
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- helping technologists think about the social, ethical, legal and policy implications of their work
- helping students interested in law, government and nonprofit careers to learn computational and technology skills to serve the public
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Why Universities Need ‘Public Interest Technology’ Courses | WIRED
https://www.wired.com/story/universities-public-interest-technology-courses-programs/
U-M part of network to build public interest technology field | The University Record
https://record.umich.edu/articles/u-m-part-network-build-public-interest-technology-field/
Top Universities Join to Push ‘Public Interest Technology’ – The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/11/technology/universities-public-interest-technology.html
References
Public Interest Technology
NALP – The National Association for Law Placement
https://www.nalp.org/
PSJD | Home
https://www.psjd.org/
Public-Interest Technology Resources
https://public-interest-tech.com/
Autonomous Vehicle
- Reacting To The Proposals In The U.S. House’s Autonomous Vehicle Bill, Jan 7, 2020 (html)
- Advocates rally on Capitol Hill for self-driving car legislation | TheHill, 12/03/19 (html)
- Congress Drafts First Sections Of New, Bipartisan Autonomous Vehicle Bill, Oct 30, 2019 (html)
- The Fuse | Correcting Common Misconceptions about the AV START Act – The Fuse, July 23, 2018 (html)
Government
- The SELF DRIVE Act – Energy and Commerce Committee (html)
- CRS Reports (html) – Congressional Research Service (CRS)