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Unit 10, Digital Divide, Drones - Coggle Diagram
Unit 10
Internet Access Policy
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An internet access policy provides employees with rules and guidelines about the appropriate use of the internet while in the workplace. It may specify
the organisation reserves the right to monitor internet traffic and monitor and access data that is composed, sent or received through its online connections
emails sent via the company email system should not contain content that is classed as offensive or includes vulgar language and images or can be interpreted as bullying to another party
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Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence is steadily becoming more intelligent and more frequently used, helping to speed up processes and take over time-consuming or repetitive tasks. There is the worry in the future that AI could harm humans, this has been a popular culture fear for decades and was popularised by the Terminator movies.
Artificial intelligence refers to computers making decisions and performing actions without human interaction. This can range from simple online symptom checkers (e.g. WebMD) that output possible illnesses for the inputted symptoms to smart homes, personal assistants (e.g. Siri and Cortana) and possibly in the future lifelike robots and computer-based assistants.
In 2016 Googled created an AI to take on master Go players (Go is a game similar to chess but incredibly complex) and it managed to beat the world champion 5 times out of 5.
Digital Divide
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This term relates to the gap between those people who have access to modern digital technology (such as computers and the internet) and those who have limited access. Limited access could mean no home devices or many people sharing one computer or simply having lower-performance (cheaper) computers and low-speed internet connections.
The digital divide refers to the gap between populations that have full access to modern technology, and those who have restricted/no access.
The reason why the digital divide is an important ethical issue is because digital technologies have boosted growth, improved product delivery, enhanced communication and increased opportunities but this impact is uneven and these positive impacts are mostly occurring in technologically-advanced regions such as North America, Western Europe and Japan. Regions like Africa and Central Asia have limited digital infrastructure and government stability, leading to poor internet speeds, high costs and limited resources.
Women in the least developed countries are 21% less likely to have their own mobile phone.
By 2020 the cost of internet access should be no more than 5% of the monthly average income.
Internet costs grew by 30% in the least developed countries
in 2015.
43% of the world's population used the internet in 2015 but less than a quarter were from the least developed countries.
Drones
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A drone is an unmanned aerial vehicle that is operated by a person remotely, nearby or even thousands of miles away.
Drones have started to creep into everyday life, whether that be relatively cheap 'civilian' drones as Christmas presents, camera-attached drones to film television and movies or delivery drones in development by Amazon.
Drones have many positive benefits such as monitoring pollution levels in the atmosphere and tracking/monitoring wildlife, such as following African rhinos from afar to spot potential illegal poachers
However these devices are controversial - privacy issues are at the top of the discussion as people can film neighbours and strangers and fly drones into restricted areas.
There have been multiple stories of drones nearly hitting aeroplanes and drones sneaking confiscated items into prisons. Weaponised drones have also been used in warfare, whilst being controlled from a different continent. The use of drones will increase in the future and in many different sectors, especially security, health and environmental science.