Ethical AI Development

With great AI power comes great responsibility. Ethical considerations for AI-augmented development.

Key Ethical Principles

  • 🔍 Transparency: Disclose when code/content is AI-generated
  • ⚖️ Fairness: Detect and mitigate bias in AI outputs
  • 🔒 Privacy: Never send sensitive data to public LLMs
  • 👤 Accountability: Human always responsible for AI output
  • 🌍 Sustainability: Consider energy cost of AI training/inference

Questions to Ask

  • Whose data trained this? Was it ethically sourced?
  • What are unintended consequences? Who might be harmed?
  • Is this explainable? Can we justify AI decisions?
  • Am I over-relying? Maintaining my skills?

Best Practices

  • Review all AI output - you're accountable
  • Mark AI contributions in commits/PRs
  • Use privacy modes for proprietary code
  • Stay informed on AI ethics developments