Privacy, Bias and Compute Cost

3 min
Audience
ages 10–15
Duration
30 to 40 min
Adventure
7/8
Badge to earn
Impact Assessor

Today's mission

Run a mini impact assessment and decide between use, modify or abandon a system.

Proof of success: explain "Privacy, bias and compute cost", complete "The Four Decision Doors" and name the limit of the analogy.

The story

The youth center's council imagines an app that would recognize moods from faces. Océane asks four questions: do we really need to automate, who consented to the photos, which expressions are missing from the data, and how much compute will be used? The group discovers that a mood label is uncertain and culturally variable. It chooses a voluntary "I need help" button rather than automatic surveillance.

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