updated: 2022-01-23_12:32:31-05:00

updated: 2021-12-02_08:45:00-05:00

Nick

  • Tesla
  • Nice font, clean slides
  • Only semi-autonomous, name is confusing (Autopilot)
  • 37m trip, hands were only on the wheel for 25 seconds
  • public beta
  • Not a finished polished product.
  • Good Pacing, Nice flow
  • Junior Developer
    • least individual influence, greatest collective
    • is code adequately tested?
    • Costs associated with these things
    • if concerns are ignored by management, whistle blower
      • high personal cost
  • Team Lead
    • more influence, not to steer company
    • Help facilitate the actions that individual developers can take on a greater scale
    • encourage everyone to voice their concerns
    • speak on behalf of the team
      • cost could be to take the 'blame' for pushback
  • Senior Developer
    • most direct influence
    • Address all three concerns
    • "listen to those who work for you"
    • Encourage inter-department communication
    • Get advice about software's suitability for public release
  • Ethical course of action for everyone is pretty much the same
  • Personal risks if marginalized individuals is higher
  • Cost can change, but ethics are the same
  • Nice relaxed pacing

Pawel

  • Volkswagen
  • 2006, 'clean diesel'
  • used software to cheat emissions
  • 40x higher emissions than US standards
  • Could not meet these standards
  • Driven on a road vs being tested
  • Some concerns, involved discussions, told to destroy documents
  • If you under perform, you will be replaced
  • Code of conduct:
    • promotion of interest
      • make sure opinions don't harm the group
    • silence must be maintained
    • Compliance with rules
  • 2.8 billion penalty
  • discovered on accident
  • ACM CoE not consulted when making 'defeat software'
  • Nice looking slides, too much reading from the paper, basically just reading the paper
  • too slow, it's several minutes in and you haven't gotten to junior, team, lead section
  • Needs to practice more
  • Corporate Ethics vs ACM Ethics
  • Marginalized group shouldn't be a factor?
  • Cost is health risks
  • Corporate culture punishes whistle blowers

Trevor

  • Decent slides, kinda long text across the screen, maybe make text ~60% of the screen, not 90%
  • Tesla
  • AEB did not brake
  • driver didn't take any action
  • no defects with design or performance of autopilot
    • performed as designed
  • False sense of security
    • SAE level 2: partial automation
    • most people believe that it's SAE level 4: high automation
  • Good job not looking at notes. Nice relaxed pacing
  • Has notes, but doesn't look at them unless you forget something: 💯
  • CoE: ACM
    • Nice job showing the sections of ACM, a small 2 word summary, and an explanation
    • Very easy to skim
  • Public Good, avoid deception, regarding issues
  • Unaware if engineer's concerns were addressed
    • (vagueness is bad)
  • Junior
    • Explain consequences of public beta testing
    • Reputation when speaking out against Tesla, Loss of Job/trust
  • Team Manager
    • stop beta testing
    • costs: loss of job, safety of users, team moral shift
  • Lead Programmer
    • Stop testing
    • most impact
    • higher ups looking to change