Socio-Digital Vulnerability

This talk describes the phenomenon of socio-digital vulnerability (SDV). SDV refers to the susceptibility of individuals and groups within mediated environments to decisional, social, or constitutive interference. Drawing from work in law and design, Professor Calo uses dark patterns, robots, generative artificial intelligence, and other examples to evidence he problem of SDV; he argues that vulnerability in mediated environments is best under in context, rather than as a binary; and he suggests policy frameworks that go behind harm mitigation to address the power imbalances that underpin SDV.CCS Concepts/ACM ClassifiersSocial and professional topics ~ Government technology policy, Social and professional topics ~ Codes of ethics, Computer systems organization ~ Robotics