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What arethe major ethical concerns with
AI?
Privacy and Surveillance
Existential Threat to
Humanity
Bias and Discrimination
AI Rights and Regulation
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Privacy and Surveillance
●AI systems require vast
amounts o personal data.
● This data could potentially be
accessed by hackers leadin
to identity the t and black mail
● As AI becomes more advanced,
the AI itsel may even utilize
these extensive databases to
at our expense.
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Surveillance in Frankenstein
●“Every conversation o the
cotta ers now opened up new
wonders to me…the stran e system
o human society was explained to
me.” (Pa e 122)
● “I was shutout rom intercourse with
them, except throu h means which I
obtained by stealth, when I was
unseen and unknown” (P . 123).
● “I looked upon them as superior
bein s, who would be the arbiters o
my uture destiny” (P . 117).
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Bias and Discrimination
●AI systems learn by example. It
will adopt the biases in the data
which they are trained on.
● AI can perpetuate social
inequality; or instance, when
used to screen job applications
● Amazon discrimination a ainst
women.
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Bias in Frankenstein
●“She instructed her… to aspire
to hi her powers o intellect
and an independence o spirit
orbidden to the emale
ollowers o Mahomet… her
lessons were indelibly
impressed on the mind o
Safie, who sickened at the
prospect o a ain returnin to
Asia” (127).
● “The cotta e o my protectors
had been the only school in
which I had studied human
nature” (131).
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Existential Threat toHumanity
● Fabricatin incriminatin
evidence (deep akes)
● Humanity is deeply reliant on
technolo y or our survival.
● Human employees replaced
by AI.
● “Can smart machines outhink
us, or are certain elements o
human jud ement
indispensable in decidin
some o the most important
thin s in li e?”-Sandel
https://news.harvard.edu/ azette/story/2020/10/ethical-concerns-mount-as
-ai-takes-bi er-decision-makin -role/
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Threat to Humanityin Frankenstein
● “Remember that I have
power;... I can make you so
wretched that the li ht o day
will be hate ul to you. You are
my creator, but I am your
master-obey!” (172).
● “Beware; or I am earless,
and there ore power ul. I will
watch with the wiliness o a
snake, that I may stin with
its venom” (173).
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AI Rights andRegulation
● Blueprint or an AI Bill o Ri hts
https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/ai-bill-of-rights/
● Pla iarism and Copyri ht
● “Requirin every new product
usin AI to be prescreened or
potential social harms is not
only impractical, but would
create a hu e dra on
innovation.”-Christina
Pazzanese (Harvard Sta
Writer)
10.
Are these ethicalconcerns just
science fiction and paranoia, or
is there a genuine reason for
concern?
Discussion Questions
How should we respond to
these concerns regarding
artificial intelligence? Should we
keep innovating at full speed,
enact more regulations, or put a
full-stop to AI?
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Resources
● Privacy inthe A e o AI: Risks, Challen es and Solutions
(thedi italspeaker.com)
● Ethical concerns mount as AI takes bi er decision-makin role–
Harvard Gazette
https://news.harvard.edu/ azette/story/2020/10/ethical-conc
erns-mount-as-ai-takes-bi er-decision-makin -role/
● 4 shockin AI bias examples (prolific.com)
● Blueprint or an AI Bill o Ri hts | OSTP | The White House
● Shelley, Mary Wollstonecra t. Frankenstein, or, the Modern
Prometheus. Edited by Maurice Hindle, Pen uin Classics, an
Imprint o Pen uin Books, 2013.