2025 Plenary 4 | Peeking under the hood: How the technology of AI leads to discrimination and bias (includes 1.2 Ethics | 1.2 Bias hours)

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Advising others on the use of AI (artificial intelligence), or using AI yourself, requires an understanding of the technology behind AI and machine learning. As courts are reporting, use of AI in legal research is fraught with risk. This can be more easily managed if you understand the basics of the technologies. And, as consumers are reporting, biased decisions are being made. Managing such risks: it is what our profession does.

Learning objectives:

• Understand the basics of the technologies.
• Understand the basics of the vocabulary.
• Understand the ethical obligations for attorneys.
• Understand bias and discrimination in light of new technologies (AI and Machine Learning).

Speaker: B. Joyce Yeager, Author, editor, researcher, CIPP/U.S., CIPM, CIPT, FIP, Lawrence KS

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