Dates
June 7, 2023
Type
LectureLab
Section
Bias & Fairness
Guest Speaker
Topic: Societal impacts of AI
Key Terms:
AI impact, surveillance, data collection, power structures
Guiding Questions
- How does AI impact society and individuals?
- What is the role of power in AI?
- How can we ensure AI serves the public good?
To Read
The Atlas of AI" - Kate Crawford
Read the Introduction + Chapter 3
To Watch
Student Facilitation
Untitled for facilitation schedule
Reading: "Nicomachean Ethics" - Aristotle
Summary: This foundational text in virtue ethics explores how virtues, or moral character traits, can lead to a good life. Students will explore how AI systems might be designed to promote and enhance human virtues.
We are reading Aristotle’s Nico in Chapter 2 in Ethics: The Essential Modern Writings
Key Questions
- How could Aristotle's concept of 'Eudaimonia' (flourishing) be used to evaluate the success of AI?
- How does Aristotle's idea of Virtue Ethics apply to the creation and implementation of AI?
- How might the concept of the 'Golden Mean' influence our understanding of balance in AI application (for example, between privacy and utility)?
- How can Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics guide the moral and ethical considerations in the development and deployment of AI?
- In Aristotle's view, what might be the role of the AI creator in fostering virtuous behavior in their creations?