
Philip Brey also goes into the idea that a product's embedded values may not necessarily reflect the same values of those responsible for the design. Though the engineer designs the product, he simply designs it to learn, and the things it learns are out of the hands of the engineer unless he decides to restrict its learning capabilities and efficiency for the sake of eliminating potential biases.
Within the automotive industry, self-driving cars are the hot new topic. Unfortunately, these cars may rely on software and/or hardware similar to the “Whites Only” sink, making these vehicles similarly inept to understanding who is and is not human. If the artificial agents embedded in these self-driving cars fail to properly identify humans while driving due to skin color, then that could put people of other racial groups at a higher risk of being hit by this vehicle. Imagine a scenario where the vehicle must decide and prioritize certain lives over others (a popular moral dilemma), the vehicle may unintentionally hit a group of people because it failed to recognize them as human from the start, thus negating the dilemma.
As particular technical designs present themselves as discriminatory, we must seek transparency. We need to identify and analyze morally problematic features that would have otherwise remained hidden in order to eliminate these flaws. If certain policies were established in regards to these design practices, then we could prevent flaws that would unintentionally inflict harm on different groups of people.
The article does well with bringing the readings in very early, I also enjoy the title of the article. The article gives information about the readings and how this information leads up to the argument at the end. A possible recommendation might be to change the wording or the position of the paragraph explaining Brey's embedded values. I feel this paragraph is awkwardly placed between the two examples you are using to support your argument, and it may do good to explain what embedded values in technology are further.
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