The Julia community is amazing and I feel that many people here aim at solving problems in the best possible way. I was wondering if there is a group of people who think/care about (business) ethical questions in the Julia universe and its packages? Do we have people in our community who are exper…

@kevbonham Your post gives a good structure to the different points! Thanks.

[image] SteffenPL: it could be helpful to investigate how and by whom these packages are used. I am not sure about how any of this could be helpful, or even possible. Generally, such an investigation is feasible only for public use cases — if someone is doing something truly nefarious, presu…

So I think in general the idea is, if you make it, and open source it, its just that… A weapons company could come by use your code/idea/algorithm and go profit from killing thousands of innocent civilians in a war-torn country just in the same way an undergrad working on their capstone projects cou…

[image] anon92994695: A weapons company could come by use your code/idea/algorithm and go profit from killing thousands of innocent civilians in a war-torn country just in the same way an undergrad working on their capstone projects could use it to do something innovative and get into a nice sch…

So although I don’t agree with Chakravala’s last statement I do want to make mention of this topic you’ve touched on oheil… We have outcasts. We are all “early” adopters in the eyes of industry of a new technology. This draws in people who are driven by a seemingly crazy force to make something. Wh…

Yes I know. The trillions good things doesn’t matter if you did this single “bad” thing (in someones eyes). But there is more to business: it means hundreds or thousands of employees and their families, too, who want to earn for a living. Don’t stop thinking when you arrived at the evil corporation…

Yea I have a propensity for the cryptic. (I am saying “you” but not directing this to any single person) But I’ll be clear THERE IS NOTHING wrong with making money, I’m all for it! I’m just saying, very little of our ethical concerns matter whatsoever, and they will not change much of anything unle…

[image] anon92994695: I am saying “you” but not directing this to any single person So do I :slight_smile:

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anon37204545 July 18, 2020, 1:49pm 30

Why don’t we just make a machine learning model that will give an answer to ethical questions?

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