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Designing Fair AI Rules

Computing · Artificial Intelligence · ages 9-11
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  1. Why do AI designers need to think about who might be harmed, not just who benefits?

    • Because harm never really happens with AI
    • Because helping most people is never enough if a rule still hurts someone else
    • Because only the AI company matters, not the users

  2. Which of these is a rule an AI designer might write for a school AI?

    • Let a teacher check and change any decision the AI makes
    • Only recommend things to students who already do well
    • Never tell anyone what the AI decided

  3. A real AI hiring tool once rejected qualified women because it learned from mostly male resumes.

    Circle one:   True   False

  4. Priya designs a school AI and writes: 'Help as many students as possible.' What is missing from her rule?

    • A check for who the rule might leave out or hurt
    • A way to make the AI faster
    • A rule about what color the app should be

  5. You are designing an AI helper for a school library. Which rule best protects every student?

    • Recommend the most popular books to everyone
    • Let the AI decide without any teacher checking its choices
    • Recommend books to every student, not just students who already read a lot

  6. A hospital lets an AI flag photos for doctors to review, but a real doctor always makes the final decision. Why is this a responsible use of AI?

    • Because the AI works completely alone
    • Because a person still checks and decides, so mistakes can be caught
    • Because the hospital never checks the AI's work

  7. An AI designer says: 'My rule is fair because it helps 95 percent of students.' What is wrong with this thinking?

    • It ignores the other 5 percent, who might be seriously harmed
    • Helping any students at all is always unfair
    • 95 percent is not a real number

  8. Which set of rules would work best for a fair school AI?

    • Only help the top students, keep decisions secret, and never allow changes
    • Help every student equally, but never let anyone check the AI's decisions
    • Help every student equally, protect private information, and let a teacher override any decision
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  1. Because helping most people is never enough if a rule still hurts someone else · A rule can help many people and still hurt a few. Designers have to check for both.
  2. Let a teacher check and change any decision the AI makes · A good rule gives people a way to check and fix the AI's choices.
  3. True · This really happened. The AI copied an old unfair pattern instead of judging applicants fairly.
  4. A check for who the rule might leave out or hurt · Helping many people is good, but a rule also needs to protect the students it might miss.
  5. Recommend books to every student, not just students who already read a lot · A fair rule makes sure the AI doesn't leave out students who read less often.
  6. Because a person still checks and decides, so mistakes can be caught · Responsible AI use keeps a person in charge of the final decision.
  7. It ignores the other 5 percent, who might be seriously harmed · A rule can sound fair by the numbers and still badly hurt a small group. Designers must check who is left out, not just how many are helped.
  8. Help every student equally, protect private information, and let a teacher override any decision · A strong set of rules covers fairness, privacy, and a way for people to catch mistakes, all at once.
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