Quiz — Session 6 🟢 “AI and ethics”

Answer: B. The AI ​​has neither intention nor malice: it faithfully reproduces what its training data contains, including imbalances. This is the golden rule: AI is never more accurate than the data that fed it.

Answer: C. No one had planned to “reject women”. The AI ​​learned from 10 years of history where the company recruited mainly men, and deduced this (bad) model of the “good candidate”. Real case, tool finally abandoned.

Answer: B. Large AIs learn largely from content produced by humans: photos, texts, reviews, clicks, searches. Often ours — hence the question of consent.

Answer: B. GDPR = R regulations G general on the P protection of D data. In force in Europe since 2018. In France, the police force which enforces it is the CNIL (National Commission for Information Technology and Liberties).

Answer: B. The “right to erasure” (right to be forgotten) is one of the key rights of the GDPR, with the right of access (“show me my data”) and the right of rectification (“correct what is wrong”).

Answer: C. Large AIs make their calculations via millions of automatically adjusted internal settings: the result works, but the precise explanation of a given decision is very difficult to provide. This is the “black box”.

Answer: C. The more a decision impacts a human life (getting treatment, being judged, obtaining credit), the more explanation and human control are essential. A failed playlist, we get over it; a credit refused without reason, no.

Answer: C. An AI has no conscience, no assets, no legal personality: it can neither be judged nor punished. Responsibility is shared between humans and companies (driver, manufacturer, sometimes authorities), depending on the cases and the manufacturer's promises. The law is currently being developed on this subject. ⚠

Answer: B. Training a very large model consumes a lot of electricity (and water for cooling data centers), with a CO2 footprint compared to several transatlantic flights in several estimates. ⚠ The exact figures are evolving — but the order of magnitude justifies the question: “is this use worth the energy?” »

Answer: C. The generalized social rating of citizens is one of the uses prohibited by the AI ​​Act (unacceptable risk 🔴). The spam filter is minimal risk 🟢, the transparent chatbot is limited risk 🟡, the movie recommendation is minimal risk 🟢. Memory tip: the more AI affects freedom, money, health or education, the higher it rises in the risk pyramid.