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Ethics & Integrity in AI

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As we move faster into a world shaped by AI and technology, it is critical to consider the ethical implications of the work, and to ensure that the benefits of AI are felt by all people and the planet.

Some key issues in AI ethics include:

Equity & Fairness and the human costs of AI
Sustainability and the environmental costs of AI
Avoiding Biases & Discrimination
Safety & Safeguarding
Academic Integrity & Fair Use of Imagery

Academic Integrity - Official IB Guidance
Resources on Academic Integrity, including IB Policy, videos and examples.

"Academic integrity is a principle in education and a choice to act in a responsible way so others can trust us. It means conducting all aspects of your academic life in a responsible and ethical manner. The IB expects students to produce genuine and authentic pieces of work, that represent their own abilities." IB. 2022.

Official Response to AI in Assessment from the IB - Impacts, the Future & Support
"The IB believes that this AI technology will become part of our everyday lives—like spell checkers, translation software and calculators. We therefore need to adapt and transform our educational programmes and assessment practices so that students can use these new AI tools ethically and effectively."
Six Tenets of PostPlagiarism, by Dr. Sarah Heaton
What does Academic Integrity look like in an AI World?
Research Paper: Can AI-Generated Text be Reliably Detected?
[March '23] Full paper available. Answer: Not really.

Image: Robot-tiger caring for cub, generated by Stephen in DALL-E 2.

AI Ethics Resources

UNESCO - Ethics of AI
Read UNESCO's guidelines on AI ethics, and global agreement signed by their member states.
UNESCO Guide to ChatGPT & AI in Education
[April 2023] Useful resources for schools & universities.
UNESCO Beijing Consensus on AI & Education
(May 2019) Planning education in the AI era: Lead the Leap.
UNESCO - AI & Education
Guidance for Policy Makers (2021)
WEF Blueprint for Ethics & Inclusion in AI
[June 2002] Whitepaper from the World Economic Forum (pdf)
Center for Humane Technology
Our mission is to shift technology towards a more humane future that supports our well-being, democratic functioning, and shared information environment.
Ethics of AI & Data Use in Schools
Guidelines from the European Commission.
DeepMind - Safety & Ethics
Read how DeepMind are trying to ensure safety, ethical behaviours and not reinforce bias in their work.
Ethics of AI - University of Helsinki
A free online MOOC (course) that unpacks the ethics of AI.
Ethics of AI & Robotics
A very detailed review on the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
OpenAI - Alignment
OpenAI Research (DALL-E 2, ChatGPT etc) - on aligning AI with human intent.
How HuggingFace is working on Bias in Machine Learning
This post shares some of the lessons learned along with tools developed to support efforts to better address bias in Machine Learning.
HuggingFace Spaces: Society & Ethics
A great curation of ML spaces committed to using AI for good, with working examples.

Discussions of Ethics in AI

Ethical Consideration - The Impacts of AI On Arts & Creators
Forbes Magazine - discussing impacts on creators whose work has been used in training Stable Diffusion.
Ethics & Privacy Concerns in AI Arts Apps
Artists' rights and privacy concerns on apps based on training sets using artists' styles and imagery.
"What I Mean When I Say Critical AI Literacy" by Prof. Maha Bali
Critical Thinking, Critical Pedagogy, Justice, Critique of Potential Harms & more.
Teaching AI Ethics - Leon Furze
Detailed series on teaching AI Ethics, with beginner, intermediate and advanced topics.
OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers on Less Than $2 Per Hour to Make ChatGPT Less Toxic
What are the human costs of safeguarding technology?
Calculating the Carbon Cost of ChatGPT, by Chris Pointon
Nothing is truly free, especially for the planet.

UNICEF Policy Guidance - AI For Children

UNICEF Policy Guidance - AI for Children
UNICEF has developed this policy guidance to promote children's rights in government and private sector AI policies and practices, and to raise awareness of how AI systems can uphold or undermine these rights. The policy guidance explores AI systems, and considers the ways in which they impact children.

TIME Magazine - How Can AI Tech Harm Children?
A new study from University of Washington and Johns Hopkins shows that robots trained on artificial intelligence make decisions imbued with racism and sexism.

AI at WAB - Parents: Ethics & Integrity

Ethics & Integrity in AI

AI Ethics Resources

Discussions of Ethics in AI

UNICEF Policy Guidance - AI For Children

UNESCO Ethics of AI