The "ethics in software engineering" classes I've seen use things like Therac-25 as examples, but it seems pretty esoteric to most students, and with near-daily mass shootings in the news, the loss of life does not impress. Does anyone currently teach a software ethics course that focuses primarily on memetic threats, e.g., developers' responsibility/liability w.r.t. disinformation/radicalization that leads to mass killings or targeted harassment? If so, pointers welcome.

@gvwilson
On the AI ethics front, more towards the academic crowd but most do explainers for the tech-savvy or general public, are the wonderful DAIR folks:

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