Data Ethics for Regular Developers - rubyconf 2018

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1. DATA ETHICS FOR REGULAR
   DEVELOPERS:
   WHAT WE CAN LEARN ABOUT DATA
   ETHICS BY PRETENDING TO NOT KNOW
   WHAT PRINGLES ARE ONLINE
   COLIN FLEMING
   @RIDETHECATBUS
   

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2. CONTENT WARNING

   ● DISCUSSION OF DEATH
   ● DISCUSSION OF ABORTION
   CARE
   

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3. IMAGINE AN INVENTION THAT
   MAKES TELEPORTATION
   POSSIBLE
   

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4. BUT THERE IS
   A COST
   

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5. SURPRISE!
   THE INVENTION IS
   CARS
   

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6. DOUBLE SURPRISE!
   PEOPLE’S DATA IS
   FUEL
   

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7. HMM WHAT’S IN THE NEWS TODAY
   OH DEAR:

   ● EXPERIAN BREACH?
   ● FACEBOOK/GOOGLE BREACH OF
   THE MONTH??
   ● PALANTIR ROBOCOP
   ALGORITHMS???
   

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8. REGULAR DEVELOPERS
   STARE DOWN THESE
   ETHICAL QUESTIONS ALL
   THE TIME
   

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9. OUR ROADMAP FOR THIS TALK:

   ● CRASH COURSE IN ETHICAL
   REASONING
   ● IDENTIFYING OUR VALUES
   ● A FEW CASE STUDIES
   

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10. ETHICS IS OUR
    RESPONSIBILITY TO ACT IN
    A WAY INFORMED BY
    SHARED AND PERSONAL
    VALUES
    (MORE OR LESS)
    

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12. PROGRAMMER CODES OF
    ETHICS (LIKE THE
    ASSOCIATION FOR
    COMPUTING MACHINERY’S)
    ARE A THING!
    

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13. ACM ETHICS SUMMARY:
    ● EVERYONE IS A STAKEHOLDER IN
    COMPUTING
    ● AVOID HARM AND PROTECT
    PRIVACY
    ● AVOID YOLO-DRIVEN
    DEVELOPMENT
    

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14. THE DC ABORTION FUND’S VALUES
    (ROUGHLY):

    ● EMPOWER CLIENTS TO CARRY OUT
    THEIR CHOICES
    ● ASKING SLIGHTLY INTRUSIVE
    QUESTIONS IS OKAY IF IT COULD
    IMPROVE HOW WE WORK
    

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15. OUR VALUES AS AN ENGINEERING
    TEAM:
    ● COLLECTING DATA IS RISKY SO
    DO IT CAREFULLY
    ● AVOID DOING MAD SCIENCE
    

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16. THREE CASE STUDIES:

    ● ASKING FOR DATA IN THE FIRST
    PLACE
    ● TRACKING IMMIGRATION STATUS
    ● PREDICTIVE MODELING
    

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17. ETHICAL QUESTIONS TO ASK:

    ● IS THIS IN LINE WITH OUR VALUES?
    ● DOES THIS PUT PEOPLE IN HARM’S
    WAY?
    ● WOULD THIS SURPRISE SOMEONE?
    ● WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU BLOW IT?
    

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18. FIRST:
    THE POWER DYNAMICS
    OF ASKING FOR DATA IN
    THE FIRST PLACE
    

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19. FIRST:
    ASKING FOR DATA:
    DOES IT PUT PEOPLE IN
    HARM’S WAY?
    

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20. FIRST:
    ASKING FOR DATA:
    WOULD THIS SURPRISE
    SOMEONE?
    

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21. FIRST:
    ASKING FOR DATA:
    WHAT HAPPENS IF WE
    BLOW IT?
    

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22. FIRST AND A HALF:
    THE POWER DYNAMICS
    OF ASKING FOR DATA IN
    THE FIRST PLACE (AS A
    FOR PROFIT BUSINESS)
    

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23. SECOND:
    TRACKING DANGEROUS
    DATA LIKE IMMIGRATION
    STATUS
    

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24. TRACKING IMMIGRATION
    STATUS BECAUSE IT’S
    HELPFUL FOR SERVING
    PATIENTS
    

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25. NOT TRACKING
    IMMIGRATION STATUS
    BECAUSE I.C.E. IS A
    THING NOW
    

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26. SECOND AND A HALF:
    TRACKING DANGEROUS
    DATA LIKE IMMIGRATION
    STATUS (AS A FOR
    PROFIT BUSINESS)
    

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27. THIRD:
    THE ALGO AND
    PREDICTIVE MODELING
    

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28. THIRD AND A HALF:
    THE ALGO AND
    PREDICTIVE MODELING
    (AS A FOR PROFIT
    BUSINESS)
    

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29. I’M OUT OF STUFF TO TALK ABOUT:

    ● PREPARE TO WORK THROUGH
    ETHICAL QUESTIONS
    ● THINK HARD ABOUT YOUR
    VALUES AND POWER
    ● CHARGE IN HEADFIRST
    

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30. THANKS
    ●JAMEY, ETHICAL
    DECISIONS TRACK
    CURATOR
    ●SOUND PERSON
    

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31. I AM:
    COLIN FLEMING
    MY EMAIL:
    C3FLEMIN@GMAIL.COM
    MY TWITTER:
    @RIDETHECATBUS
    

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