Beneficial Effects and Harms of Computing Innovations
Benefits
- Improved medical procedures
- Data-driven healthcare
- Allows precision and enhanced data collection
- Businesses collect and analyze large datasets for improved decision-making
- Digital art
- Convenience and efficiency (e.g., drones)
Harms
- Cyberbullying
- Privacy loss
- Dependence on technology
- Job displacement: AI taking over jobs, technology-driven employment shifts
- Drones (can be used for surveillance or warfare)