We Use AI and AI Uses Us: Five Everyday AI & Data Risks (part 2 of 4)
Week 2 of my 4-part series on everyday ethical AI for the She Leads AI newsletter
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“But I Don’t Use AI”! Odds are you do … most of us use AI nowadays. Yet most folks aren’t aware of AI’s presence or the everyday AI & data risks affecting us. And AI tools are almost certainly using us and our data. Here’s a quick look at 5 key everyday risks.
Risk 1. Legal Alignment: Using an AI-based tool can put you at risk of legal and financial liability for copyright infringement or errors in outputs you share.
Risk 2. Security and Confidentiality: Data entered into AI tools can be used for training and ‘leak’ back out. And ‘anonymous’ data often isn’t.
Risk 3. Workforce Impact: Generative AI tools are skewed towards the western/ English world; don’t work well for people with disabilities; may amplify historical biases; and can worsen “techno-stress”.
Risk 4. Branding Confusion: GenAI tools can give you outputs which are not unique ‘enough’, and/or you don’t own the rights to.
Risk 5. What Happens to Our Wetware (Brains)? AI can impact how we learn, teach, think, create, and build careers.
The good news: ethical AI guidelines and practices can help. Think of AI ethics as a combination of protective equipment, guides on tool selection and maintenance, and safety training for using AI power tools available to us.
What’s Next?
Next week, we’ll take a quick look at the AI ecosystem and where ethical concerns arise.
These five risks and much more are covered in my upcoming book, “Everyday Ethical AI: A Guide For Families & Small Businesses”. To learn more about these issues and automatically get fresh weekly articles and news about everyday ethical AI, subscribe here.
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Other articles in this 4-part She Leads AI series:
