Computing·Artificial Intelligence·conceptual
AI and Fairness in Decisions
Whether AI should make important decisions about people: jobs, loans, justice; who is responsible when AI makes unfair decisions; introduction to algorithmic fairness
Suggested ages 9–11
Evidence of understanding
- Give an example of an important decision that AI might help make (hiring, medical diagnosis, loan approval)
- Explain why letting AI make decisions about people can be risky if the system is biased
- Suggest who should be responsible if an AI system makes an unfair decision
Assessment prompt
If AI and Fairness in Decisions learned that a computer program was deciding who gets a job interview, could they explain why that might be unfair and who should be responsible?
Standards alignment
No external standards are linked to this topic.