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From music and movie recommendation systems to digital assistants and facial recognition, systems powered by artificial intelligence (AI) surround us in our daily lives. Although these rapidly emergingÌýAIÌýtechnologies hold tremendous potential for improving lives, they also involve potential ethical risks related to bias and data privacy.Ìý

In this NSF-funded project, we’re working to develop curriculum modules to support youth inÌýexploring critical ethical issues related to emerging AI technologies. Through these modules, which can be delivered on their own or integrated in other STEM, computer science/robotics or English Language Arts classes, middle and high school age youth canÌýexplore whatÌýAIÌýis, how machines learn from data, and howÌýAIÌýsystems may carry the biases of their programmers. Using a combination ofÌýonline activities, short stories, comics andÌýdesign/Making projects, these curriulum modulesÌýdive into the technology that powersÌýAIÌýand explore the potential societal impacts of this rapidly expanding technology.

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This project is supported by the National Science Foundation under grant #1934151. Any opinions, findings and conclusions presented here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.