Dec 6, 2020VR Privacy PolicyShould VR systems have a privacy policy of their own? In general, it is hard to say what data is our “private data” and what is not. Some of them are easy to say, e.g., name, email, age, gender, etc. However, we generate a lot of data, and those can…2 min read2 min read
Nov 15, 2020Frankenstein syndromeShould we be scared of what we might create? This is a question that I had ever since I watched the original Terminator movie. Will we ever create a machine that decides we do not deserve to live on this planet anymore? I think as it stands right now, we…2 min read2 min read
Nov 9, 2020Validity in Data AnalysisI do data analysis on a weekly basis for my thesis. I’m generating Healthcare Records, and I analyze the results. I then try to see if I have generated good results or not. For starters, the generated data needs to have a similar dimension-wise probability. To calculate this, I average…1 min read1 min read
Nov 2, 2020Social Media and Cyber BullyingThe anonymity that the internet provides makes some people do or say stuff they would not say in the real world. This has led cyberbullying to happen all the time on all social media. How can social media prevent such content or behavior? The thing about social media is that…2 min read2 min read
Oct 25, 2020Discrimination in AI and AlgorithmsAlgorithms are not discriminatory, but they might behave like one. How can we prevent such behavior? In general, algorithms that learn patterns can learn discriminatory behaviors. Skewed input datasets usually are the cause of this issue. How can we prevent this? My opinion on the matter is by starting with…2 min read2 min read
Oct 19, 2020Overcoming prejudice as a communityI believe in reform through education. I think education is the only way we can make a long-lasting impact on people. People have to get to the conclusion themselves to believe in it. …2 min read2 min read
Oct 12, 2020My Opinion on SLAsSLA stands for Service Level Agreement. Service providers provide users with an SLA that informs clients about their service quality. It can include performance numbers, availability, or general responsibilities of the service provider. When clients are trying to choose between different providers, they usually compare SLA’s in addition to service…2 min read2 min read
Oct 5, 2020Ethical HackingI’m going to start this article by defining hacking. I define hacking as an act that will result in the hacker accessing some data about a person without their consent or knowledge. The hacker then has access to the data and can do whatever he wishes to do with it…2 min read2 min read
Oct 5, 2020Data OwnershipI have no experience in patenting, but I have a bit of experience in copyrighting. In the company I worked for, we had developed multiple libraries in Go to practice DRY. At the time, Go was a reasonably new language with very little support. When it came to copyright, we…2 min read2 min read
Sep 28, 2020Social Credit SystemI think having a social credit system is unethical. Let me explain why. There are a lot of benefits to a system like this. When somebody wants to hire someone, they can see how “good” (I will talk about this later on) the other person is on a scale, which…2 min read2 min read
