Lesson 6 - AI and Ethics - Fairness, Bias and Impact¶
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- Summary: In the sixth lesson, students learn about the ethical implications of AI, including issues of bias, fairness, and the impact of AI on society. They also reflect on how to interact with AI in a responsible and ethical way.
- Duration: 90 min
- Robot use: interacting
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Lesson overview¶
Lesson Plan¶
- Lesson 5 Recap - 5 min
- Intro to Ethics – 15 min
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Why AI can’t do ethics
- Spot the bias – 20 min
- 3.1 Scenario 1
- 3.2 Scenario 2
- Making Blossom’s skin - 40 min
- Survey - 5 min
- Summary - 5 min
Learning objectives¶
After this lesson, students will be able to
- Give a brief definition of the concept of ethics
- Articulate why AI can’t understand ethics
- Understand positive and negative uses of AI, and how AI can be trained to avoid bias
- Give a brief definition of anthropomorphism
Evidence of learning (success criteria)¶
- I can explain what ethics means in my own words
- I can give an example of a decision that needs ethical thinking, not just rules
- I can explain why AI can’t make ethical decisions on its own
- I can describe what bias in AI means and where it comes from
- I can explain what anthropomorphism is and why it matters with AI
- I can describe what could go wrong if we treat AI like a human