AI AI Engineer: AI System Design and Ethics 2

Question 1

What is the 'right to explanation' under AI regulations like the EU AI Act?

Accepted Answer

The right for individuals to receive a meaningful explanation of automated decisions that affect them

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The right for AI engineers to document their models

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The obligation to explain AI research publicly

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The requirement to open-source AI training code

Question 2

What distinguishes a 'high-risk AI system' under the EU AI Act?

Accepted Answer

AI used in domains like hiring, credit, healthcare, or law enforcement where errors have significant societal impact

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AI systems with more than 1 billion parameters

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AI systems that run on public cloud infrastructure

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AI systems developed outside the EU

Question 3

What is 'fairness through unawareness' and why is it insufficient?

Accepted Answer

Excluding protected attributes (e.g., race) from model inputs; insufficient because proxies still encode the information

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Ignoring all training data to avoid bias; insufficient because it produces random outputs

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Balancing classes in training data; insufficient because it doesn't address test-time bias

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Using equal sample sizes per group; insufficient because it ignores distribution differences

Question 4

What is 'data governance' in the context of AI system development?

Accepted Answer

A framework of policies and processes for ensuring data quality, privacy, security, and compliance throughout the AI lifecycle

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Governing GPU resource allocation during training

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Controlling who can deploy AI models

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Managing version control for training scripts

Question 5

What is an 'AI incident' as defined in responsible AI frameworks?

Accepted Answer

An event where an AI system causes or contributes to harm, near-miss, or unexpected negative consequences in deployment

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A model failing to converge during training

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A disagreement between AI engineers about model architecture

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A drop in model accuracy below a threshold

Question 6

What does 'consent' mean in the context of using personal data to train AI models?

Accepted Answer

Obtaining informed agreement from individuals before using their personal data for model training

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Getting approval from the AI ethics board

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Signing an NDA with data providers

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Having executives approve the training dataset