#SoftwareEthics

So, I'm (still) looking for work (senior Python backend developer with experience at a lot of other things, if you're curious). And the job postings I'm looking at bear a noticeable difference from the last time I had to actively look for a job a few years back.

I keep seeing stuff that's anywhere between borderline-unethical and inarguably-unethical-bordering-on-illegal.

An example I saw today was for a back-end developer. They didn't outright say it, but I got the impression they're building an "AI" model, or possibly selling training material to those that do. The "must-haves" for the position included wording to the effect of "extensive experience defeating anti-scraping measures".

Twenty years ago, that posting would have been on the dark web; actively working to defeat website operators / content owners protections of their web content? And today, that's just perfectly fine to put in a listing on a major job site?

Have the ethics of my industry slipped into the sewer in the last five years, and I just didn't notice until now?

#software #engineering #ethics #SoftwareEngineering #SoftwareEthics #job #posting #JobPosting #unethical

2025-02-02
2025-01-12

Should software developers decide what information is considered personal or sensitive?

The same data may mean nothing in one context but could explicitly identify you in another.

#SoftwareEthics

Seve_py :vim: :python:seve_py@fosstodon.org
2024-08-03

🤔 Are you a satisfied user of closed-source, non-free software? Would you consider advocating for such software? I'd love to hear your thoughts! Why or why not? #TechDebate #SoftwareEthics

2024-05-22

Liebe Microsoft-Fans,

ich habe schon häufiger die hypothetische Frage gestellt:
"Was müsste Microsoft tun, wo für Euch eine Grenze überschritten ist, dass Ihr es nicht mehr ok findet?
Was wäre z.B., wenn Microsoft alle Tastatureingaben aufzeichnet und an MS-Server schickt?"

Jetzt geht Microsoft sogar soweit und macht alle 5 Sekunden Screenshots. Ist die Grenze jetzt überschritten?

#Microsoft #SoftwareEthics #EthicalComputing

Bartosz Budzyńskibbudzynski
2024-04-29

Thoughts 💭 on how we are all to blame for recent security issues in the major open-source projects, and what we can do to change that.

bartosz.blog/articles/why-do-w

Lucho, tristemente sin gatolambisio@chilemasto.casa
2024-01-13

"Desarrollador de libfoo obtiene salario retroactivo, indefinido de gracia de RedHat, OMS, Naciones Unidas, por esforzadamente mantener componente de 200 líneas que mantiene la economía del mundo occidental."

(Ver: xkcd.com/2347/ )

#xkcd #SoftwareEthics

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Tom P. Humberttomhumbert
2024-01-06

phone stolen; scamming, threats; safety concern, privacy concern

«lambalicious»lambalicious@aleph.land
2024-01-01

"Developer of libfoo awarded retroactive, lifetime grace salary by RedHat, WTO, UN for thanklessly maintaining 200 LOC component that sustains the entire Western world economy."

(See: xkcd.com/2347/ )

#AU #xkcd #SoftwareEthics

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2023-08-04

I am reading the recently released #TheASF Generative Tooling Guidance (https://www.apache.org/legal/generative-tooling.html) and wondering how other organizations and projects approach this problem.

Are there any
#FOSS / #OpenSource folks on Fediverse that can shed some light on that? TIA

#GenerativeAI #ChatGPT #SoftwareEthics

2023-05-04

Developers should consider the potential harm of their AI creations from the very beginning and implement mitigation measures during development.

Leslie Miley - Technical Advisor to the CTO at Microsoft - discusses the responsibilities of developers, tech companies, and individuals in ensuring a more responsible & ethical approach to #AI development.

🎧 Listen to the #InfoQ #podcast: bit.ly/3HG9eNz

#transcript included

#SustainableComputing #SoftwareEthics

2023-02-08
2023-02-03

With the known inaccuracy issues of something like #ChatGPT. Why not pair it with another model trained exclusively in fact checking? Then have GPT run what it's generated past it first and revise as needed before displaying to the end user?

#ml #ai #neuralNetworks #deepLearning #gpt #machineLearning #misinformation #softwareEthics

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