4.7 AI Series - Data Stewardship and Dependency

The fourth episode in our AI Series centers on the ethical concerns with privacy, safety and dependency with AI tools. Sarah, Katherine, and Keith discuss how to check for data privacy, what’s coming with agentic AI, and how to navigate concerns with human dependency on AI. 

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What we’re into right now:

Keith

• Mistborn Series by Brandon Sanderson

• Shrinking on Apple TV

• The AI Assist by Nathan Lang-Raad

Sarah

• This is Us on NBC 

• Virgin River Series

• The Generative AI Age by Alana Winnick

Katherine

• Co-Intelligence by Ethan Mollick

• Red One

• High Potential

• Big Brother

Definitions

Data Stewardship: How educators protect their student’s information inside of AI tools.

Agentic AI: AI systems and models that can act autonomously to achieve goals without the need for constant human guidance. The agentic AI system understands what the goal or vision of the user is and the context to the problem they are trying to solve. - What is Agentic AI from HBR

Resources and References

• 🌟 AI Privacy & Safety Checks

• Search Engine: Should we be worried about Open AI?

• AI Agents as TAs and Teachers: A Call for Thinking Through Opportunity and Adaptation

• Her (2013) Movie

• Shortwave: Understanding Unconscious Bias - Article Sarah referenced for information coming at humans in each second 

Tools

• Grammarly

Professional Learning

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