DARPA's ADAPTER Program: Applying the ELSI Approach to a Semi-Autonomous Complex Socio-Technical System

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Abstract

This paper presents a conceptual framework for Ethical, Legal and Social Aspects (ELSA) of the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency's (DARPA) ADvanced Acclimation and Protection Tool for Environmental Readiness (ADAPTER) Program. ADAPTER aims to develop a travel adapter for the human body, an implantable or ingestible bioelectronic carrier. This paper is written in my capacity as an unpaid ELSI panelist providing insights to the project and technical teams engaged with ADAPTER. The methodology employed in the work uses normativity to address the question of desirability and permissibility of an implantable for warfighters to achieve the goal of better sleep cycles and the diminishment of traveler's diarrhea. The paper's contribution is in defining ELSI, understanding ELSI aspects embedded in socio-technical systems design, the role of transdisciplinarity when applying ELSI, and presenting a conceptual framework that will be used to interrogate ADAPTER throughout the lifetime of the Program.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2021 IEEE Conference on Norbert Wiener in the 21st Century
Subtitle of host publicationBeing Human in a Global Village, 21CW 2021
EditorsHeather Love, Greg Adamson, T. V. Gopal
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781728153841
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 22 2021
Event3rd IEEE Conference on Norbert Wiener in the 21st Century: Being Human in a Global Village, 21CW 2021 - Virtual, Chennai, India
Duration: Jul 22 2021Jul 26 2021

Publication series

Name2021 IEEE Conference on Norbert Wiener in the 21st Century: Being Human in a Global Village, 21CW 2021

Conference

Conference3rd IEEE Conference on Norbert Wiener in the 21st Century: Being Human in a Global Village, 21CW 2021
Country/TerritoryIndia
CityVirtual, Chennai
Period7/22/217/26/21

Keywords

  • ADAPTER
  • DARPA
  • ELSI
  • autonomous
  • complexity
  • ethics
  • implants
  • implications
  • law
  • social
  • transdisciplinary

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Information Systems
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Education
  • Human Factors and Ergonomics

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