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8.1. Ethical issues: identify any potential hazards in the proposed design, e.g., foreseeable misuses

9.1. Ethical issues: provide solutions to eliminate hazards identified in Assignment 8.1, e.g., foreseeable misuses

Program Outcome 4: (Ethical and Professional Conduct)

4.2 (Ethics and morals) Students will be able to understand the associated ethical issues.

1. Identify any potential hazards in the proposed design, e.g., foreseeable misuses

• People could use the website to steal and copy the work of others

• People could steal artwork from the site to train AI models

• The website's algorithm could show bias against some kinds of artwork

• Website moderation could unfairly target groups of people

2. Provide solutions to eliminate hazards identified in Assignment 8.1, e.g., foreseeable misuses

• Provide watermarks that artists can use on their work

• Run the artist's work through "Glaze" or "Nightshade" to protect it from being used to train AI without permission

• Constantly update the algorithm and listen to user feedback from users to keep it as unbiased as it can be

• Hire moderators from various different backgrounds and listen to user feedback to prevent this kind of bias