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When technology goes awry

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On engineers' obligation to tame their creations.

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    cover image Communications of the ACM
    Communications of the ACM  Volume 63, Issue 5
    May 2020
    101 pages
    ISSN:0001-0782
    EISSN:1557-7317
    DOI:10.1145/3396208
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    • (2023)Does technology really outpace policy, and does it matter? A primer for technical experts and othersJournal of the Association for Information Science and Technology10.1002/asi.2476274:8(885-904)Online publication date: 1-Jul-2023
    • (2022)Toward accountable human-centered AI: rationale and promising directionsJournal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society10.1108/JICES-06-2021-005920:2(329-342)Online publication date: 10-Feb-2022
    • (2022)Islamic virtue-based ethics for artificial intelligenceDiscover Artificial Intelligence10.1007/s44163-022-00028-22:1Online publication date: 20-Jun-2022

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