Lessons in Ethical Development I Learned From Star Wars
summary
Examples and concrete tools decide whether to watch: the story of Galen Erso and Project Celestial shows how promises of renewable energy become the Death Star, an actual superweapon that gets built and used; the COMPAS recidivism tool is cited with ~60% accuracy and racial false‑flagging (black defendants twice as likely to be overestimated); the Lerna license change is reversed after one day; recommended method is Michael Davis’s seven‑step ethical process plus write down and review decisions after failure.
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chapters (23)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:00Spoiler Warning
- 2:25Jamesons Story
- 2:58Good and Evil
- 4:34Star Wars Villains
- 5:45Catalyst
- 6:52The Quote
- 8:01Self Accountability
- 9:33Making Ethical Decisions
- 11:38The Last Jedi
- 12:30Lessons from Poe
- 13:30Should we build the thing
- 14:10Woe is me
- 15:31Repurposing
- 16:50LIRA
- 19:26Algorithmic Bias
- 21:54Lack of Moral Code
- 22:40Star Wars Rebels
- 24:05Quitting
- 25:40The Good Fight
- 27:14Rebel vs Empire
- 27:47Orion Kennedy
- 28:44Conclusion
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