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When computer science was in its infancy, programmers quickly realized that though computers are astonishingly powerful tools, the results they achieve are only as good as the data you feed into them. (This principle was quickly formalized as GIGO: “Garbage In, Garbage Out.”) What was true in the era of the UNIVAC has proved still to be true in the era of machine learning: among other well-publicized AI fiascos, chatbots that have interacted with bigots have learned to spew racist invective, while facial-recognition software trained solely on images of white people sometimes fails to recognize people of color as human. In this episode, we meet Prof. Catherine D’Ignazio of MIT’s Department of Urban Studies and Planning (DUSP) and Prof. Jacob Andreas and Harini Suresh of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. In 2021, D’Ignazio, Andreas, and Suresh collaborated as part of the Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing initiative from the Schwartzman College of Computing in a project to teach computer science students in 6.864 Natural Language Processing to recognize how deep learning systems can replicate and magnify the biases inherent in the data sets that are used to train them.

Uploaded 26-01-22

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Case Studies in Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing
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SERC website
https://computing.mit.edu/cross-cutting/social-and-ethical-responsibilities-of-computing/

Professor D’Ignazio’s faculty page
https://dusp.mit.edu/faculty/catherine-dignazio

Professor Andreas’s faculty page
https://www.csail.mit.edu/person/jacob-andreas

Harini Suresh’s personal website
http://harinisuresh.com

Desmond Patton’s paper on analysis of communications on Twitter
https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/326834185.pdf

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Sarah Hansen, host and producer (https://twitter.com/learning_sarah)
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MIT CMS.608 Game Design, Fall 2010
Instructors: Philip B. Tan, Jason Begy

Uploaded 16-09-25

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Today's reading analyzes user motivation along two axes: interest in the world vs. fellow players, gaining knowledge vs. proficiency. Students discuss the utility of this taxonomy, how games encourage these interactions, and come up with their own frames.

Related Resources:
[CGD] Chapter 11
[CGD] = Brathwaite, Brenda, and Ian Schreiber. Challenges for Game Designers: Non-Digital Exercises for Video Game Designers. Boston, MA: Charles River Media/Course Technology, 2009. ISBN: 9781584505808.
Bartle, Richard. "Hearts, Clubs, Diamonds, Spades: Players Who Suit MUDs." April 1996.

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MIT 11.382 Water Diplomacy, Spring 2021
Instructor: Prof. Shafiqul Islam, Dr. Animesh Gain, Prof. Lawrence Susskind, and MIT students
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Uploaded 03-02-22

This video presents a guest lecture on the conditions that are necessary for negotiating and ratifying new international agreements on management of water resources.

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MIT CMS.608 Game Design, Fall 2010
Instructors: Philip B. Tan, Jason Begy

Uploaded 16-09-25

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To build a good simulation, identify relevant features in the source and assumptions in the resulting model. Students explore the meaning of games' choices about what to include, simplify, and abstract, and generate ideas for their next assignment.

Related Resources:
Starr, Paul. "Seductions of Sim; Policy as a Simulation Game." The American Prospect, March 21, 1994.

Credits:
Content © the respective copyright holders, all rights reserved, excluded from our Creative Commons license. For more information, see http://ocw.mit.edu/fairuse.
Audio from September 12. Newsgaming.com, 2003.
http://www.newsgaming.com/games/index12.htm
Audio from Every day the same dream. Molleindustria/Jesse Stiles, 2009.
http://www.molleindustria.org/everydaythesamedream/everydaythesamedream.html
Audio from Super Chick Sisters. PETA, 2007.
http://www.kentuckyfriedcruelty.com/superchicksisters/index.asp

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MIT 11.382 Water Diplomacy, Spring 2021
Instructor: Gemma Holt, Dr. Animesh Gain, Prof. Lawrence Susskind, and MIT students
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Uploaded 03-02-22

This is a video of a student presentation on the agreement between the United States and Canada on the management of the water in the Columbia River Basin.

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MIT CMS.608 Game Design, Fall 2010
Instructors: Philip B. Tan, Jason Begy, Sara Verrilli (Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab)

Uploaded 16-09-25

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Before games come to market, they undergo several tests: Are there technical glitches? Can players easily get started? Is the gameplay what the designers intended? Sara Verrilli discusses how and why to conduct focus testing.

Related Resources:
Fullerton, Tracy. "Playtesting." Chapter 8 in Game Design Workshop. Boston, MA: Morgan Kaufmann, 2008. ISBN: 9780240809748.

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MIT 11.382 Water Diplomacy, Spring 2021
Instructor: Mashroof Hossain, Dr. Animesh Gain, Prof. Lawrence Susskind, and MIT students
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Uploaded 03-02-22

This is a video of a student presentation on the difficulties in negotiating agreements to regulate the use of the Ganges River.

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MIT CMS.608 Game Design, Fall 2010
Instructors: Philip Tan, Jason Begy, Mia Consalvo (Comparative Media Studies)

Uploaded 16-09-25

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Mia Consalvo asks students for examples illustrating how game designers construct ethical systems, how users act within those systems, and the role of community norms. How do players connect behavioral standards inside and outside the game world?

Related Resources:
Sicart, Miguel. "The Ethics of Game Design." Chapter 7 in The Ethics of Computer Games. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2009. ISBN: 9780262012652.

Credits:
The following content was removed from this lecture due to copyright restrictions. Please see:
xCheezbrgr. "Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 – No Russian – Airport Mission Uncut – Veteran – High Quality." November 10, 2009. YouTube. Accessed on May 25, 2011.
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MIT 11.382 Water Diplomacy, Spring 2021
Instructor: student presenter, Dr. Animesh Gain, Prof. Lawrence Susskind, and MIT students
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Uploaded 03-02-22

This is a video of a student presentation on the agreement over management of the upper headwaters of the Columbia River basin in western Montana.

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MIT CMS.608 Game Design, Fall 2010
Instructors: Philip B. Tan, Jason Begy

Uploaded 16-09-25

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"Live action" describes a wide range of activities, from sports, to real-time roleplaying, to playground/party games. Careful choices about mechanics, abstraction, and communication help create an engaging experience without physical or emotional harm.

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