Track quiz

Which sentence describes bias?

• A program that makes just one mistake in a test
• An unfair preference for or against someone
• A program that runs very slowly on old phones

A teacher picks a running team by the colour of bags. Why is this unfair?

• Bags are too heavy for runners to carry
• Runners should not be allowed to carry bags
• Bag colour has nothing to do with running

Where can an AI's bias start?

• In wishes and feelings of its own, like a person
• In its data, its design or its makers' choices
• In how fast the computer is, or how new

A program trained mostly on adult photos fails for children. Which kind is it?

• Algorithmic bias
• Historical bias
• Data bias

A program trained on old lists copies their unfair choices. Which kind is it?

• Historical bias
• Measurement bias
• Human bias

A program rates teachers by worksheets handed out, not by learning. Which kind is it?

• Data bias
• Algorithmic bias
• Measurement bias

A program counts one detail far more than all the others. Which kind is it?

• Data bias
• Algorithmic bias
• Historical bias

What had the hiring program in the case learned from?

• Ten years of interview notes from managers
• Ten years of past resumes, most from men
• A big survey of job seekers in one town

What went wrong in the health program?

• It could not count how many patients there were
• It ignored the patients who spent the most money
• Money spent was a poor stand-in for illness

What did the face program study find?

• Errors differed a lot between groups
• Every group had the same errors
• Errors happened only on blurry photos

A program works well on average. What can still be true?

• It is fair to everyone
• It can fail for one group
• It needs no more checking

Which answer most needs a person to check it?

• A suggestion for the next song to play
• A spelling fix on a phone keyboard
• A student's refused scholarship form

What does human in the loop mean?

• A person checks the answer and decides
• The program decides while a person watches
• The program checks the person's answer first

Who answers for what a program does?

• The program alone, because it made the choice
• Nobody at all, because a computer decided alone
• The people and organisation that make or use it

Why is it good when a program can show its reasons?

• A person can spot a mistake or an unfair reason
• It makes the program run much faster on any phone
• It removes every bias from the program for good