CAIC Ethical Considerations in AI 3

Question 1

The EU AI Act classifies AI systems into risk tiers. Which category includes biometric surveillance in public spaces?

Accepted Answer

Unacceptable risk

Answer

The EU AI Act places real-time remote biometric identification in public spaces in the 'unacceptable risk' category and generally prohibits it.

Question 2

A 'model card' is a documentation tool that primarily communicates:

Accepted Answer

Model performance, intended uses, and known limitations

Answer

Model cards provide structured documentation about a model's intended purpose, evaluation results, and ethical considerations for transparency.

Question 3

Which term describes the risk that an AI system optimizes for a measurable proxy goal instead of the intended real-world objective?

Accepted Answer

Reward hacking / Goodhart's Law

Answer

Reward hacking (related to Goodhart's Law) occurs when an AI exploits loopholes in the specified metric rather than achieving the true underlying goal.

Question 4

An AI consultant recommends deploying a facial recognition system at a client's office. What ethical obligation must be disclosed to employees?

Accepted Answer

That their biometric data is being collected and how it will be stored

Answer

Employees have the right to know when biometric data is collected, its purpose, and retention policies under informed consent and many data protection laws.

Question 5

Which approach helps ensure fairness by requiring that an AI's error rates are equalized across demographic groups?

Accepted Answer

Equalized odds / demographic parity

Answer

Equalized odds is a group fairness criterion requiring that true positive and false positive rates be equal across protected demographic groups.

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CAIC Ethical Considerations in AI 3