Assignment 5 is due on Friday, April 4th. Your essay should be approximately 1000-1250 words in length. You have two options.
Option 1. Several of the readings explored the development and use of AI algorithms based on machine learning. AI algorithms are now used, or may soon be used, in areas such as medicine, law, economics, etc. Write an essay that discusses whether these AI algorithms should be explainable (to their human users)? Does the application domain matter? Are there circumstances where it should be required that if AI algorithms are used they should be explainable?
Option 2. Write about some aspect of the Social Implications of Computing that you find particularly compelling. Connect your essay to one or more of the readings for the course.
For either option, your essay should have a title and it should be largely self contained; that is, please explain the context and any assumptions needed to understand the points you are making. Your essay should be approx. 1000-1250 words in length. Your essay should be different from any previously written material you have submitted for this course. Provide references as needed.
The purpose of the essay is to discuss some important social implication of computing that you find particularly compelling.