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We talk to Reid Blackman, founder of Virtue (an ethical tech consultancy), about the ethical issues facing Big Tech. We discuss how Silicon Valley has a difficult time foreseeing pitfalls, how teaching ethics to developers is a major task, explainable AI, and how we develop products to mitigate ethical risks! If you are in the NYC area, come to our live show on Tues, April 9th "Let's Talk about Sextech." bit.ly/FunnyAsTechLiveShow Reid Blackman: Reid was gripped by ethical problems the first semester of his first year in college over 20 years ago. Countless hours later, after reading, arguing, and teaching about ethics, he’s still hungry for more. While his early research concerned issues largely contained within the ivory tower, his research has become increasingly action-orientated, particularly as it concerns the ethics of institutions like governments and corporations, and also the ethics of emerging technologies. He has taught at Northwestern University, the University of Texas in Austin, the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, and Colgate University. He currently sits on the committee for “Methods to Guide Ethical Research and Design” for the IEEE Global Initiative on Ethics of Autonomous and Intelligent Systems and is a member of the European Union Artificial Intelligence Alliance. When he isn’t doing ethics you can find him with his wife and children, unless there’s rock climbing to be done. FUNNY AS TECH Our Relationship With Technology is Messy...Let's Discuss! Each week, tech ethicist David Ryan Polgar and comedian Joe Leonardo take a deep dive into a complex tech issue that is tripping up society. The show has dealt with AR, VR, AI, IoT, diversity in tech, tech addiction, media literacy, future of work, and much more. Previous guests have included CNN's Laurie Segall, Baratunde Thurston, Nir Eyal, Manoush Zomorodi, Douglas Rushkoff, Joe Lubin, Tracy Chou, Bridget Carey, Dennis Crowley, and Chuck Nice. Outside of podcast recordings, Funny as Tech holds regular live performance in NYC at the Peoples Improv Theater. Funny as Tech also performs on the road with conferences and special events. Have a question? Info@FunnyAsTech.com FUNNY AS TECH www.funnyastech.com/ Twitter: twitter.com/FunnyAsTech Instagram: www.instagram.com/FunnyAsTech/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/FunnyAsTech/ Soundcloud: @user-328735920 iTunes: apple.co/2mAxIAV Google Play: bit.ly/2C7afyg *Find Funny as Tech on Spotify & RadioPublic Signup to our monthly mailing list: https://funnyastech.us17.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=43f37d897394e33ea3668b208&id=0d2e9ef88e