Framing ethical perspectives
Emerging Technologies are technologies whose development and/or practical applications are still largely unrealized. Carnegie Council’s events, experts, and initiatives focus on the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) and related technologies and aim to map the field, illuminate topics requiring further research, and build a diverse community of experts, with the goal of ensuring that these systems are developed and deployed in a just, responsible, and inclusive manner.
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Artificial intelligence, climate-altering technologies, and more
APR 9, 2024 • Video
Algorithms of War: The Use of AI in Armed Conflict
From Gaza to Ukraine, the military applications of AI are fundamentally reshaping the ethics of war. How should policymakers navigate AI’s inherent trade-offs?
MAR 27, 2024 • Article
The Specter of EMP Weapons in Space
Visiting Fellow Zhanna Malekos Smith details the danger of electromagnetic pulse weapons. How can nations protect themselves from this catastrophic threat?
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Carnegie Ethics Accelerator
The Carnegie Ethics Accelerator is a new kind of incubator designed to empower ethics in the face of swiftly evolving challenges in technology and public policies.
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SEP 27, 2011 • Podcast
Yahoo! and YouTube: Balancing Human Rights and Business
How do companies such as Yahoo! and YouTube decide on whether disturbing material should be banned from their sites? What are the free speech and ...
SEP 15, 2011 • Podcast
Decision Points: The American Dream in the Balance
Led by Sam Speedie, who stepped up immediately after 9/11 and went into public service, this group of under-40s Carnegie New Leaders discuss how to ...
SEP 14, 2011 • Podcast
That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back
What can America do as it faces four major challenges--globalization, the revolution in information technology, chronic deficits, and its energy consumption?
AUG 25, 2011 • Article
Don't Build Keystone XL, the Pipeline to Nowhere
Higher gas prices, negligible energy security, more global warming: The logic stacks up against the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. Will Secretary Clinton deny the ...
AUG 23, 2011 • Podcast
A Win-Win: Communications Technology and Global Health
David Aylward specializes in a new sector called mobile health, which uses cell phone and other communications technology to connect poor patients in developing nations ...
AUG 5, 2011 • Podcast
Global Ethics Corner: Cyberwar Strategy: Defensive or Offensive?
Governments and corporations are under serious and growing threat from cyber attacks. Which do you favor: a strategy that seeks out hackers and punishes them ...
JUL 27, 2011 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: States Find New Ways to Encourage Energy Efficiency
Instead of mandating a minimum investment in energy-efficiency programs, policymakers are designing incentives that reward utilities with new revenue for meeting or exceeding conservation goals.
JUL 22, 2011 • Podcast
Global Ethics Corner: Privacy, Ethics, and "News of the World"
Outrage over "News of the World's" use of phone hacking raises the question: when is hacking acceptable? Phone surveillance is a common tool for national ...
JUL 5, 2011 • Podcast
In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives
For two years, Levy was given an opportunity to observe Google's operations, development, culture, and advertising model from within the infrastructure, with full managerial cooperation. ...
JUN 16, 2011 • Podcast
What Is Happening to News: The Information Explosion and the Crisis in Journalism
Drawing on neuroscience, Jack Fuller explains why the information overload of contemporary life makes us dramatically more receptive to sensational news, while rendering the objective ...