AI Engineer: AI System Design and Ethics Flashcards
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What is the 'right to explanation' under AI regulations like the EU AI Act?
Answer: The right for individuals to receive a meaningful explanation of automated decisions that affect them
Regulations like the EU AI Act and GDPR grant individuals the right to understand why an automated system made a decision affecting them.
What distinguishes a 'high-risk AI system' under the EU AI Act?
Answer: AI used in domains like hiring, credit, healthcare, or law enforcement where errors have significant societal impact
The EU AI Act classifies AI as high-risk based on use-case domain (e.g., employment, critical infrastructure, law enforcement) due to potential for significant harm.
What is 'fairness through unawareness' and why is it insufficient?
Answer: Excluding protected attributes (e.g., race) from model inputs; insufficient because proxies still encode the information
Excluding protected attributes doesn't prevent discrimination because correlated proxy variables (zip code, name) still allow the model to infer and act on them.
What is 'data governance' in the context of AI system development?
Answer: A framework of policies and processes for ensuring data quality, privacy, security, and compliance throughout the AI lifecycle
Data governance defines who owns data, how it's collected and used, retention policies, and ensures compliance with privacy regulations throughout the AI pipeline.
What is an 'AI incident' as defined in responsible AI frameworks?
Answer: An event where an AI system causes or contributes to harm, near-miss, or unexpected negative consequences in deployment
An AI incident is any real-world event where an AI system causes harm or poses significant risk, tracked in repositories like the AI Incident Database.
What does 'consent' mean in the context of using personal data to train AI models?
Answer: Obtaining informed agreement from individuals before using their personal data for model training
Consent requires that individuals knowingly agree to how their personal data will be used, including for AI training, per regulations like GDPR and CCPA.