Understanding AI Bias
How does AI bias happen?
Grades
6–12Time
20 mins.
Objectives:
Define AI bias.
Understand how AI bias happens.
Reflect on ways to reduce AI bias.
Vocabulary Show definitions
AI bias ·
training data ·
testing data
AI bias – when an AI tool makes a decision that is wrong or problematic because it learned from training data that didn't treat all people, places, and things accurately
training data – the information given to an AI to help it learn how to do specific tasks
testing data – the information used to check whether the AI that was created is reliable and accurate
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Before the Lesson
We encourage teaching the following lessons to help set a foundational understanding of how AI works:
Lesson Plan
20 mins.
Practice: AI Bias
20 mins.
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Lesson last updated: October 2023
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Lesson last updated: October 2023