Abstract
Albert Einstein once said he feared the day that technology will surpass our human interaction; when this happens the world will have a generation of idiots. While that day has not yet arrived, what confronts us at present is a swarm of software challenges and their aftermath. The more sophisticated a software, the greater the opportunities it opens up but also the risks associated with its implementation—from crashes to security.
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Chorafas, D.N. (2015). Ethics, Opportunities, and Risks with Information Technology. In: Business Efficiency and Ethics. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137484253_12
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