CMU Bridging the “Ethical Gap’’ in CS Education by Teaching Socially Responsible Language Technologies

“Computational Ethics” is a new curricular offering at CMU introducing CS students to real-world applications of language technologies, their ethical implications and risks. We propose to expand the course and develop open-access educational materials: video lectures, lecture notes, and textbook.
Additional Public Access To Materials:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1xG4QdKTGEJX7r5j8aDRP0-angstdms-zAZd2GD9gb4Q/edit#slide=id.p
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/15Z-2HwRQ3B8eOSi3dxxF5L_3jZe471mKgjQjgOsqag0/edit#slide=id.p
http://demo.clab.cs.cmu.edu/ethical_nlp/homeworks/hw1/hw1.html
http://demo.clab.cs.cmu.edu/ethical_nlp/homeworks/hw2/hw2.html
http://demo.clab.cs.cmu.edu/ethical_nlp/homeworks/hw3/hw3.html
http://demo.clab.cs.cmu.edu/ethical_nlp/homeworks/hw4/hw4.html
http://demo.clab.cs.cmu.edu/ethical_nlp/
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1NIANfrmowT5Nf-CIP-dY3GwyWl51lIIdXhnqHLg8C_8/edit#slide=id.g761a17d19e_0_0
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/06/18/video-evidence-anti-black-discrimination-china-over-coronavirus-fears/?arc404=true
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1j2ar4Ayp3sbyX-tWzSzBupnkv_0bR4Q-T1H__wbcUOM/edit#slide=id.g932925e005_0_0
https://safetyforconvai.splashthat.com/
https://www.newamerica.org/pit/blog/public-interest-potential-natural-language-processing/
Date:
2020-12
Primary Material Type:
Online Course
Institution:
Carnegie Mellon University
Funding Source:
Network Challenge Grant TAACCCT Round 1
Subjects:
public interest technology, PIT, ethics, curriculum, data & Algorithms, civic technology, technology civic, community technology, technology community, experiential learning, AI, Natural Language Processing

Industry / Occupation

Industry Sector:
Public Interest Technology -- Data -- Algorithms
Occupation:
Community and Social Services Occupations (21-0000)

Education / Instructional Information

Instructional Program:
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services (11)
Credit Type:
  • Credit
Credential Type:
  • Bachelors Degree
Educational Level of Materials:
  • 2nd Year Community College or equivalent
  • Upper division of Bachelors degree or equivalent
Time Required:
academic year
Language:
English (United States)
Quality of Subject Matter was assured by:
  • Participation as an ongoing member of team developing the instructional materials
Quality of Online/Hybrid Course Design assured by:
  • None

Copyright / Licensing

Primary License:
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.