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Computer Ethics and AI

 


Ethics are a collection of moral standards which distinguish what is right and what is wrong, they rule and control the manners of a person or more. The utilization of computer and the internet have their own set of ethics which are called computer ethics (TechTerms, 2021).

 The computer Ethics Institute has laid 10 commandments of computer ethics which are meant to guide people to an ethical use of computers, and there is one particular commandment that stands out to me the most and which I believe is the one we see most defied, and that is the 9th commandment which states the following: “Thou shalt think about the social consequences of the program you write” (Computer Ethics institute, 1992)

 There are many programs, technologies and sites nowadays which violate the 9th commandment of computer ethics such as programs made for stealing and spying or gambling and pornography websites which all have a significant impact on the society.

 Deepfakes are a good example of a violation of the 9th commandment, Deepfake is a technique which allows to near flawlessly swap faces in videos using AI and neural networks, and the ‘deep’ part comes from deep learning (BBC, 2021). Deepfake technology is causing destructive consequences within the society, it can be used on politicians to alter the elections, it can also be used to damage dignities of celebrities by using their face in sexually explicit images or videos (BecomingHuman, 2021).

In conclusion, Deepfakes must be controlled timely since it could have devastating impact on society and people and use of AI-based technologies can get a bad reputation amongst people.

 

 

 

 

Reference:

Techterms (2021) Computer Ethics. Available at: https://techterms.com/definition/computer_ethics (Accessed: 22/04/2021).

 

BBC (2021) Deepfakes: What are they and why would I make one?. Available at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zfkwcqt (Accessed: 22/04/2021).

 

BecomingHuman (2021) How Deepfake Technology Impact the People in Our Society?. Available at: https://becominghuman.ai/how-deepfake-technology-impact-the-people-in-our-society-e071df4ffc5c (Accessed: 22/04/2021)


Tumisu (2021) Ethics Right Wrong. Available at: https://pixabay.com/photos/ethics-right-wrong-ethical-moral-2991600/ (Accessed: 22/04/2021)


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