Joseph questions DOE on addressing AI bias
Joseph asks how DOE addresses biases in existing AI tools. Dr. Pate acknowledges there is no endorsed tool that tracks bias, calling it a 'mega problem,' and says DOE is looking for resources. She emphasizes AI literacy development and awareness that AI can be wrong as the primary approach.
And one thing we want to address with AI, how are you addressing biases that do exist in existing AI tools now?
So currently there isn't a solid tool that we have endorsed that tracks or trace or keeps account of bias, but we do know that it is, again, a mega problem that we are looking for.
Resources that help us do that.
But we don't have a solid tool that we are currently utilizing to engage in that work.
I think where we can really kind of dig our heels in is around AI literacy.
Development and awareness.
I think people have to understand that it can be wrong.
It is not all
And it says that too.
If you're depending on the prompt that you type in, it will say this answer may not be accurate.
You should do further research on it.
Yes.
So the development really comes through awareness to your point.
So the more we get that message out to educators, we get that message out to school leaders, we get that message out to students.
By spreading that message, we start to build an awareness that you shouldn't put everything and trust it all as is.
You still must continue to critically think.
You must engage with AI technology, not as a consumer, but as a producer, meaning that you are asking it.
Questions that will probe your thinking, not to deliver and to give you blanket answers that may or may not be true.
So it really is about building awareness around a rapidly evolving, as you said, every day.
It's a monster at this point.
Yes, it is.