Class 8 Ethics and Responsible AI

Responsible AI respects privacy, avoids bias and misinformation, and stays transparent and accountable to people.

Key ideas

Ethics are the values that guide how technology is made and used.

Privacy means keeping your personal information safe and under your control; give apps only the permissions they need.

Never share an OTP, a password or a PIN with anyone who asks for it.

Misinformation spreads very fast when each person forwards it; check the source before sharing.

Transparency means being open about how a system decides; accountability means people stay responsible for its decisions.

Fairness means treating everyone equally; consent means knowingly agreeing to share your data.

Remember

Permissions an app needs

calculator: none; map: location; camera app: camera; voice recorder: microphone

Forwarded to k new people each hour

hour h: kʰ new people

Total by the end of hour h

k + k² + … + kʰ (k = 3, h = 3: 3 + 9 + 27 = 39)

Checks before sharing

source; same news on trusted sites; read beyond the headline

Worked example

Four apps ask for these permissions:
A voice-search app asks for: camera, microphone
A stopwatch asks for: camera
An app for saving phone numbers asks for: contacts, location, microphone
A notes app asks for: microphone
(a) How many permissions are requested in all? (b) How many are not needed? (c) Why should you think before tapping Allow?

Working: a voice-search app needs microphone; a stopwatch needs none; an app for saving phone numbers needs contacts; a notes app needs none

Answer: (a) 7; (b) 5; (c) e.g. an app that collects data it does not need could misuse or share it, so allow only what it needs

Ethics and Responsible AI

Key ideas

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Watch out

Worked example