Comment by hnthrow0287345
1 hour ago
This would be more meaningful if, perhaps, we had to swear an oath to it before being able to practice. And practitioners would be treated more seriously if everyone knew we swore that oath. And the legal utility as accountability and defense would also be useful.
Of course people are going to ignore it if there's no force behind it.
Professional liability and licensure would create assurances with some teeth, but there are some major drawbacks.
It seems to work somewhat with medical doctors and the Hippocratic Oath.
But I would argue it is way easier there. Building software has way more grey areas.
I don't think there are more grey areas in software engineering than in medicine. The difference is the feedback loop of the outcome - if you design a dopamine slot machine you will ruin the generation and that's a long arc.
And that makes it hard. I am open for banning all comercial advertisement - but general society is largely fine with it. So is someone designing new targeting algorithm for ads breaking his potential oath of doing good for society?
What grey areas are there for doctors?
Canadians do