Directions and Implications of Advanced Computing
Published on 1. May 1990
Book
Hardback
200 pages
978-0-89391-558-2 (ISBN)
Description
This volume results from the first research conference organized by Computer Professional for Social Responsibility (CSPR). Each chapter is authored by a computer scientist addressing the social impact of computers. Four chapters describe the milieu in which computer science is managed and financed. Three chapters present software engineering analyses of cost reliability and safety and relate them to defence policy. Five chapters explore the implications of applying artificial intelligence technology in particular areas, from education to combat, and the final chapters confront present and future dilemmas from philosophical and ethical perspectives.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Intellect
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-0-89391-558-2 (9780893915582)
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Content
Introduction V
1 A Conversation with Robert Kahn 1
Gary Chapman
2 Strategic Computing Research and the Universities 18
Terry Winograd
3 Computers in the Public Interest: The Promise and Reality of ARPANET 33
David S. Bushnell and Victoria B. Elder
4 Federal Funding in Computer Science: A Preliminary Report 51
Joel S. Yudken and Barbara B. Simons
5 Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work 65
Juergen Koenemann
6 An Ecological Approach to Responsible Systems Development 82
Reinhard Keil-Slawic
7 Testing for Trustworthiness 97
Richard Hamlet
8 Fault Tolerant Ballistic Missile Defense 105
David Bella
9 The Costs of Star Wars Software 115
Eric Nilsson
10 Will There Be Teachers in the Classroom of the Future? 127
Seth Chaiklin and Matthew W. Lewis
11 Expert Systems in Medicine: Results from a Technology Assessment Study 138
R. Engelbrecht, P. Potthoff, and D. Schwefel
12 Artificial Intelligence to Help Solve the Crisis in our Legal System 149
Donald H. Berman and Carole D. Hafner
13 A Civilian Computing Initiative: Three Modest Proposals 167
Douglas Schuler
14 Computing, Research, and War: If "Knowledge is Power," Where is Responsibility? 175
Jack Beusmans and Karen Wieckert
15 The Responsible Use of "Expert" Systems 191
Susan Landau
16 Technologies of Danger and Wisdom 203
K. Eric Drexler
Author Index 213
Subject Index 217
1 A Conversation with Robert Kahn 1
Gary Chapman
2 Strategic Computing Research and the Universities 18
Terry Winograd
3 Computers in the Public Interest: The Promise and Reality of ARPANET 33
David S. Bushnell and Victoria B. Elder
4 Federal Funding in Computer Science: A Preliminary Report 51
Joel S. Yudken and Barbara B. Simons
5 Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work 65
Juergen Koenemann
6 An Ecological Approach to Responsible Systems Development 82
Reinhard Keil-Slawic
7 Testing for Trustworthiness 97
Richard Hamlet
8 Fault Tolerant Ballistic Missile Defense 105
David Bella
9 The Costs of Star Wars Software 115
Eric Nilsson
10 Will There Be Teachers in the Classroom of the Future? 127
Seth Chaiklin and Matthew W. Lewis
11 Expert Systems in Medicine: Results from a Technology Assessment Study 138
R. Engelbrecht, P. Potthoff, and D. Schwefel
12 Artificial Intelligence to Help Solve the Crisis in our Legal System 149
Donald H. Berman and Carole D. Hafner
13 A Civilian Computing Initiative: Three Modest Proposals 167
Douglas Schuler
14 Computing, Research, and War: If "Knowledge is Power," Where is Responsibility? 175
Jack Beusmans and Karen Wieckert
15 The Responsible Use of "Expert" Systems 191
Susan Landau
16 Technologies of Danger and Wisdom 203
K. Eric Drexler
Author Index 213
Subject Index 217