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Basic AI Literacy
AI literacy encompasses
n c a competencies.
1. Be aware of and able
e e
to iden 3. Be able to operate
and adapt them to specific
situations.
and and ethical context in which
d.
With facial recognition sys-
tems, for example, the first
level of AI literacy could
mean identifying the Face ID
function of a phone as an ex-
wo c s a facial recognition system to
The Data We Feed It
confirm that real people pass-
he n I ystem o he rm t their passport pictures.
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ac volves showing it many ver-
sions of real human faces. Early
facial recognition datasets in-
cluded disproportionate num-
le identify and even imagine
multiple uses of facial recog-
s u bers of white men, though, and
t failed to identify people of color
faces could be used to train
at m te to
ar As both AI technology and
-
human understanding of han-
vestigator might compare
dling data have improved, fa-
e cial recognition systems have
scene with images of social
rat i A fil ti n A dividuals committing crimes
cial recognition systems would
O have to change to make this
a improvement possible, even
tient’s face with faces of
without knowing anything too
other sick people to identify
technical about the AI systems
symptoms of disease that
in particular.
the naked eye would miss.
Advanced AI Literacy
ter more directly with AI systems to adjust or
even improve their operation. Understanding
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c ve even adapt it for completely different pur-
o e e sa abling customers to make payments by just
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Th The Social & Cultural Context
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tems are used. Those early facial recognition
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men men were not mistakes. Instead, they re-
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fl as rithms used to build them.
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A e A ri unconscious — to the programs they write,
the AI systems will reproduce that bias and
ld AI systems need built-in safeguards that ad-
d p ming, safety rules, protections against misuse
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A and how to use them.
Not every career you consider will require
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A re u some way at some time. AI literacy will help
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