Tag: human rights

Comment: Will robots have rights in the future?

Jan 7, 2020

in AI, Ethics, Note

consciousness, ethics, human rights, morality, rights, robots

If we get to create robots that are also capable of feeling pain then that will be somewhere else that we have to push the circle of moral concern backwards because I certainly think we would have to include them in our moral concern once we’ve actually created beings with capacities, desires, wants, enjoyments, miseries…
Podcast – Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control

Nov 25, 2019

in AI, Clinical

doubt, ethics, human rights, human values, uncertainty

Stuart Russell’s newest work, Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control, is a cornerstone piece, alongside Superintelligence and Life 3.0, that articulates the civilization-scale problem we face of aligning machine intelligence with human goals and values. Not only is this a further articulation and development of the AI alignment problem, but Stuart also…
Summary: OECD Principles on AI

Jun 5, 2019

in AI

ai principles, democracy, ethical principles, ethics, human rights, oecd, organisation for economic co-operation and development

The OECD has recently published a set of recommendations that aim to promote the development of AI that respects human rights and democratic values.
PHT402: What is the value of a human life?

Aug 15, 2013

in Assignments, Curriculum, Ethics, pht402, Physiotherapy

equality, ethics, human life, human rights, judgements, morals, online course, pht402, professional ethics, torture, values

This is my fourth contribution to a series of weekly posts related to the #pht402 Professional Ethics course. This week’s topic is specifically about torture, but the general principle concerns the rights of the individual vs the rights of society, as well as asking about the relative value of a human life. I’m going to…
Ethics CPD lecture

Dec 14, 2010

in Ethics, Physiotherapy

clinical practice, CPD, ethics, healthcare, human rights, lecture, presentation, research, south africa

As part of our commitment to continuing professional development (CPD) in South African healthcare, we’re required to accumulate 5 ethics credits every year. Yesterday I gave a presentation to the staff in our department in order to fulfill this requirement. It went quite well, although being my first time I felt pretty unprepared. I learnt a lot…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-30

Aug 30, 2010

in Digest

feedback, human rights, nrf funding, oer, students, The Sci-Fi Guide, twitter, uct, uwc physio, workshop, writing, youtube

Students’ Messages to Teachers. It’s important to connect with students on a personal level http://bit.ly/9Cv46i # Feedback: Negative, Positive or Both? http://bit.ly/cPFOwk # How Do You Measure the Effectiveness of Professional Development? First wait for the cycle to complete http://bit.ly/a1saPO # OER at UCT: From Project to Portfolio http://bit.ly/b54hQ3 # The Sci-Fi Guide to Dissertation…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-28

Jun 28, 2010

in Digest

android, bafana bafana, blind watchmaker, cent, chrome extensions, collaborative keynote, creative commons, daemon, daniel suarez, diaspora, digital cop, digital storytelling, distributed social network, e-portfolios, engaging students, eric mazur, Flora Sandes, formspring.me, Google, Google Docs, google moderator, google scholar, hootsuite, human rights, ICT, Jake Shimabukuro, Knysna, linux, lms, lurkers, medical educaiton, ocr, oer, online learning, Online Learning May Slightly Hurt Student Performance, open knowledge, optical character recognition, p2pu, plagiarism, reading, reflective blogging, reflective tool, richard dawkins, RT, scribd, social networking project looks, social networks, twitter, webicina, wikis, world cup

The SA Fallacy: Open Knowledge Foundation Gets It Wrong | iterating toward openness http://ht.ly/23xnD # Reading “The blind watchmaker”, Dawkins does for evolution what Sagan did for physics # Summary of Eric Mazur’s presentation on using technology to engage students http://ht.ly/23oMz # The darn drop outs and lurkers. Suggestions to address the issue ay P2PU…
Assignments

Feb 19, 2010

in Assignments, Education, Ethics

assignment, community-based healthcare settings, education, ethics, Google, google sites, healthcare system, human rights, Ireland, learning outcomes, management, module, online presence, physiopedia, physiotherapist, physiotherapy, Royal College of Surgeons, south africa, university of the western cape, Western Cape, wiki

Over the last week I’ve given my fourth year physiotherapy students 2 assignments to be completed over the next few months. Here is a basic rundown of each. The first assignment is part of the continuous evaluation for the Management module I teach. The students must create a website for a (fictional) private physiotherapy practice.…
Third year ethics assignment

Sep 23, 2009

in Assignments, Note, Physiotherapy, Students

assignment, blog, education, ethics, healthcare, human rights, physiotherapy, south africa, student

I just wanted to send out a quick post to highlight the great work that one of my third year students has done as part of her ethics assignment. The idea was to discuss the topic of human rights in South African healthcare using any method that the students wanted to. I’m getting some great…
SAAHE ’09: abstract for oral presentation

Mar 30, 2009

in Conference, Education, Physiotherapy, Social media

abstract, blogging, clinical reasoning, collaboration, education, ethics, healthcare, healthcare system, human rights, lecturer, online tools, physiotherapy, professional development, reflection, reflective tool, saahe, social constructivism, social software, student

Here’s the abstract I submitted for SAAHE ’09. It was submitted for consideration in the Innovations and work in progress category. Title The use of blogging as a reflective tool in physiotherapy ethics. Context The use of social software in higher education facilitates collaborative learning practices and mirrors the social constructivist principles of education by…