On May 1st, we attended the Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing (SERC) Symposium at MIT's Schwarzman College of Computing — a full-day series of rapid-fire, TED-style talks from researchers working at the edges of data ethics, AI governance, civic technology, and digital justice. What emerged was a mosaic of projects that not only challenge the current state of computing, but push us to ask: What should we be building instead?
Below are some highlights and takeaways — from algorithmic monocultures to deliberative democracy platforms, the day was a reminder of both how far we’ve come, and how much further we have to go.
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