Past · 18 Apr 2026
AI Ethics Debate
Students and faculty debate accountability in automated decision making.
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SSIT
Social Implications of Technology
Tech ethics, policy & civic tech. Engineering ethics, AI governance, sustainability and civic technology built for humanitarian and social progress.
- 100+
- members
- 8+
- events a year
- 2021
- founded
What we do
The Society on Social Implications of Technology asks what technology should do, not just what it can do.
Members debate AI ethics and policy, study sustainable design, and build civic-tech projects with NGOs and local communities.
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AI ethics
Bias, accountability and responsible AI.
02
Tech policy
How law and regulation keep up with engineering.
03
Sustainability
Designing for the planet and its resources.
04
Civic tech
Projects built with and for local communities.
Signature activities
What a year in SSIT usually looks like.
- Ethics in engineering debates
- Civic-tech build-a-thon
- Policy reading circles
- Sustainability audits
Recent events