Phil Hopkins

Jan 2, 2024 | localnewspasadena.com | Phil Hopkins

Among the Pasadena suburban demi-dramas recorded on Nextdoor.com, a New Years Eve post entitled Last Resident LA County Firefighter Vacates Henninger Flats speculated that something may be going on at the primitive Los Angeles County campground. Make that definitely going on.

Aug 1, 2023 | mindtheproduct.com | Phil Hopkins |Java Developer

Current efforts to introduce ethical or moral guidance to intelligent machines are useful, and increasingly urgent. The UK-based Institute for Ethical AI and Machine Learning attempts to grapple with these issues, and has put forth several principles for those who make these products. But the discipline called Value Sensitive Design (VSD) has been investigating this matter in AI and non-AI contexts for years, and offers us some useful preparation for this moment.