Book contents
- Next-Generation Ethics
- Next-Generation Ethics
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgment
- 1 Next-Generation Ethics
- 2 Ethical Distinctions for Building Your Ethical Code
- Part I Technology
- 3 Composite Ethical Frameworks for the Internet of Things and Other Emerging Technologies
- 4 Ethics of Immersive Technologies
- 5 Internet, Technology, and the Future: An Interview with Vint Cerf
- 6 A Hippocratic Oath for Technologists
- 7 Data, Privacy, and the Greater Good
- 8 Guidelines for Artificial Intelligence Containment
- Part II Business Enterprises
- Part III Engineering
- Part IV Society
- Index
- References
7 - Data, Privacy, and the Greater Good
from Part I - Technology
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 October 2019
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Book contents
- Next-Generation Ethics
- Next-Generation Ethics
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgment
- 1 Next-Generation Ethics
- 2 Ethical Distinctions for Building Your Ethical Code
- Part I Technology
- 3 Composite Ethical Frameworks for the Internet of Things and Other Emerging Technologies
- 4 Ethics of Immersive Technologies
- 5 Internet, Technology, and the Future: An Interview with Vint Cerf
- 6 A Hippocratic Oath for Technologists
- 7 Data, Privacy, and the Greater Good
- 8 Guidelines for Artificial Intelligence Containment
- Part II Business Enterprises
- Part III Engineering
- Part IV Society
- Index
- References
Summary
Large-scale aggregate analyses of anonymized data can yield valuable results and insights that address public health challenges and provide new avenues for scientific discovery. These methods can extend our knowledge and provide new tools for enhancing health and well-being. However, they raise questions about how to best address potential threats to privacy while reaping benefits for individuals and for society as a whole. The use of machine learning to make leaps across informational and social contexts to infer health conditions and risks from nonmedical data provides representative scenarios for reflections on directions with balancing innovation and regulation.
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- Next-Generation EthicsEngineering a Better Society, pp. 81 - 89Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019
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