What is digital ethics? Can machines have agency and assume responsibility? What does philosophy have to contribute to the field of information technology and why is it relevant to leaders and business executives?
In this interview we explore these questions of digital ethics, the importance of ethical and philosophical questions in engineering and technology, the questions posed by the rise of artificial intelligence, and the place of philosophy and ethics in business and business education.
Professor Andrey Pavlov and Dr Toby Thompson (Cranfield University) talk with Frank Buytendijk (Distinguished VP Analyst and Fellow at Gartner, and Co-Lead of Gartner Futures Lab) about the ethical dimensions of our digital world, from ChatGPT to the metaverse.
This conversation is part of a series of interviews on “Philosophy for Practical Professions” under the theme of Philosophy, Management and Technology led by Professor Andrey Pavlov at Cranfield University.
Contributors
Frank Buytendijk - Distinguished VP Analyst and Fellow at Gartner, and Co-Lead of Gartner Futures Lab.
Professor Andrey Pavlov - Professor of Strategy and Performance at Cranfield School of Management. Andrey works on advancing a complex systems view of strategy and performance - the idea that improving the performance of organisations is an ongoing emergent process, which is inseparable from understanding the organizations themselves, their environment, and their historical and social context. Andrey's research aims to help leaders and managers act with intention in organizations that are explicitly understood to be complex and dynamic social systems.
Dr Toby Thompson - Toby is Studio Director of Cranfield Broadcast and Record, Cranfield's live-streaming studio. Prior to joining Cranfield, Toby was a member of the global training strategy team for the corporate university of the former US-based Electronic Data Systems (EDS) Corporation. Toby has a PhD in the philosophy of executive education from University College London's Institute of Education, an MA in management learning from Lancaster University, and a BA in philosophy from York University.
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