Audience
The paper should be aimed at an audience with science/engineering competency. That said, it is not a technical paper such as might be found in an engineering academic journal. To understand your paper, a reader should not need highly specialized training in a particular discipline of science or engineering. However, you can assume that the reader does have science or engineering experience, though perhaps in an area completely different from the one addressed by the paper.
Structure
Here is a general outline.
1. Introduction and problem statement.
Open by defining the topic you?re addressing and the debate about the topic. What kinds of social questions are being asked or should be asked about
this technology you?re discussing? For example, what are the ethical and legal issues raised by this technology? Should there be governmental regulation of this technology or not? What kind? Why?
2. Background.
Draw on your research to provide background information about the topic so that your audience can better understand it. What ethical, legal, and/or environmental debate(s) are currently taking place surrounding this technology?
3. The Technology.
What is the state of the technology now? What promise does it offer? What are its limitations? What problem(s) regarding the technology are you going to focus on? Why?
What are the likely consequences of failing to address the problem(s)? How might such problem(s) be overcome?
4. Ethical and Societal Issues.
Describe how the technology raises issues of ethical and/or societal concern. Which groups are affected in which ways? What conflicts among different groups exist?
5. Previously attempted or proposed solutions.
Draw on your research to discuss what has been tried in the past (or has been proposed) to address the problem(s). Have there been technological attempts to solve any problems? Have policies to address the problem(s) been
adopted by governments or companies? Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of these attempts/proposals.
6. Recommendations. What specific action or actions should be taken (by governments, companies, and/or engineers) to help resolve the problem(s)?
Please note that the paper should not simply be a recitation of the relevant facts. Rather, the paper should first frame the issue by describing the factual background and then go beyond that to provide original analysis and identify and explain specific recommended solutions that would help address the problem(s) discussed.
Some Other Possible Questions to Consider
? What are some of the possible intended and unintended effects of this technology?
? How do the unintended effects affect users of this technology?
? How do the unintended effects affect non-users of this technology?
? Do the benefits of the intended effects outweigh the unintended effects?
? What is the role that engineers played in the development of this technology? What ethical responsibilities do those engineers have and why?
? How might engineers eliminate (or decrease) the unintended effects or solve problems related to these effects and promote the more desirable effects?Topic Proposal
In the last few decades, the world has moved into a technological revolution that has changed every part of our daily lives. Technology has paved the way for advancements in many fields, one of which is the health care industry. Increased technology and access to better data storage solutions have led to the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in health care. Today, more than ever, there are endless ways to leverage AI in patient?s care. For instance, AI can become more sophisticated as they learn from the huge amount of training data available, allowing for more precise diagnostics and impactful interventions. Thus, AI can help mitigate the shortage of skilled clinical staff in developing countries by providing some of the diagnostic duties typically done by humans. Such application presents an opportunity to increase access to healthcare for underserserved population. In addition, AI can help relieve some of the burdens of clinical documentation by automating routine process. Therefore, AI improves health care in many different ways, but it also comes with serious consequences if not used properly. One ethical consideration of using AI in health care involves unconciously biased result. As AI relies heavily on the data set it is trained on, it is inevitable that AI adopts biases from the society in which the creators are educated. The use of AI in health care is still controversial, and while reseachers are still looking for a solution, we currently don?t have solutions to ethical problems posed by AI.