Notes: MIT's Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing Symposium 2025
Notes from the year-end showcase event on Bias, Deliberation, and the Future of Ethical Computing.
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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