GS4 · 10 marks · 150 words

As organizations across the globe begin their artificial intelligence (AI) transformation, the leap into the AI era is expected to be more challenging than any technology that businesses have grappled with yet. In this background, discuss the concerns around fairness, transparency, and job security that may arise.

Answered by 8 toppers · CSE 2023–2024

Technology and EthicsCorporate GovernanceCivil Service ValuesDimensions of EthicsEthical Dilemmas in GovernmentEthics in Private and Public Life

Syllabus: Ethics and Human Interface: Essence, determinants and consequences of Ethics in-human actions; dimensions of ethics; ethics - in private and public relationships. Human Values - lessons from the lives and teachings of great leaders, reformers and administrators; role of family society and educational institutions in inculcating values.

How toppers approached it

From 7 of the 8 answers · about 170 words · 14% drew a diagram.

Opening

  • A definition43%
  • No separate opening29%
  • A figure14%
  • A date or context14%

Body

  • Points71%
  • Points and prose29%

Close

  • No separate close43%
  • A way forward43%
  • A quotation14%

The toppers’ answers

Aditya SrivastavaAIR 1 · CSE 2023 · 167 wordsTheir whole copy

Opening · a recent event

The recent letter by top technology giants like Elon Musk to halt generative AI for few months showed the seriousness around AI.

Concerns around -

Body · points

→ fairness

  1. Disparity in access → fuel inequality
  2. Use as an end in itself → uses man as means. Eg. deep fake → electoral gains

→ transparency

  1. Black box architecture & no openness
  2. Lack of transparency about the

regulations around AI → job security

  1. Mass job loss predicted → goes against welfare state (Article 38)
  2. disparity between skilled and unskilled labour pay → against constitutional morality.

Yet AI is needed for -

  1. Better economy → get better prices via market prediction. [Eg] Ninjakart startup raised farmer income by 25%
  2. Efficiency by technology

way ahead

  1. Promote skilling of people → based on Amartya Sen capability approach
  2. Man over technology to uphold humanity at the core of policy

Close · a way forward

this would help to make AI a tool and a means for ends of human welfare

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