MIT Case Studies in Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing
Brief, specially commissioned and peer-reviewed cases intended to be effective for undergraduate instruction across a range of classes and fields of study.
Winter 2024
Integrals and Integrity: Generative AI Tries to Learn Cosmology, by Bruce A. Bassett
Keywords: artificial intelligence, AI agents, generative AI, cosmology, dark energy
How Interpretable Is “Interpretable” Machine Learning?, by Ho Chit Siu, Kevin Leahy, and Makai Mann
Keywords: machine learning, model interpretability, human experiments, formal methods, robot behaviors, temporal logic
AI’s Regimes of Representation: A Community-Centered Study of Text-to-Image Models in South Asia, by Rida Qadri, Renee Shelby, Cynthia L. Bennett, and Remi Denton
Keywords: human-centered AI, AI harms, text-to-image models, generative AI, non-Western AI fairness, South Asia
Winter 2023
Emotional Attachment to AI Companions and European Law, by Claire Boine (University of Ottawa)
Keywords: AI law, AI companions, human-machine interactions, data privacy, consumer protection
Winter 2022
The Puzzle of the Missing Robots, by Suzanne Berger (MIT) and Benjamin Armstrong (MIT)
Keywords: robots, automation, manufacturing, workforce
Summer 2021
Wrestling with Killer Robots: The Benefits and Challenges of Artificial Intelligence for National Security, by Erik Lin-Greenberg
Keywords: autonomous weapons, killer robots, military ethics, modern warfare
