The School Helper
Build a helper robot that understands, acts - and behaves fairly.
What you'll learn in this level
- How technology and the question of what is right hang together
- Why a working system isn't yet a good one
- What transparency means day to day
Your Final Project
Your school would like a small helper robot for the entrance hall: it should answer questions and take visitors to the right room.
Five steps, five real decisions. This time it isn't only about whether it works - it's also about whether it's fair, safe and honest.
How it works
- 1
Clarify the task
What should the helper be able to do? And what must it never do?
- 2
Decide on data
Which information does it really need in order to help?
- 3
Build in limits
What does it do when it doesn't know something or isn't allowed to?
- 4
Make it checkable
People have to be able to understand why it answered that way.
Guess first, then experiment
Your finished school helper understands children much worse than adults. Why is that?
Your Final Project
Your school would like a small helper robot for the entrance hall: it should answer questions and take visitors to the right room.
Five steps, five real decisions. This time it isn't only about whether it works - it's also about whether it's fair, safe and honest.
What you need from three modules
- • Talking with AI: understanding questions and answering well.
- • Robotics: using sensors and acting safely.
- • AI Ethics: fairness, privacy and transparency.