AI Associate Ethical Considerations of AI Practice Question
A company uses an AI model to screen job applicants. They discover the model is rejecting candidates from a certain demographic at a higher rate. Which ethical principle is most clearly violated?
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Fairness
Fairness requires that AI systems do not discriminate against groups. The model's disparate impact violates fairness.
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Fairness
Why this is correct
Correct. The model's bias against a demographic violates fairness.
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Transparency
Why it's wrong here
Transparency is about openness, but the core issue here is bias.
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Privacy
Why it's wrong here
Privacy concerns data handling, not demographic bias.
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Accountability
Why it's wrong here
Accountability is about responsibility, not directly the bias itself.
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