AI Concerns

Map/D8/8.1

II · D8 · 8.1

Small-business lending AI

Disparate approval for minority-owned businesses.

Catastrophic · 5Documented at scaleNowRisk 25

Severity

5/5

Likelihood

5/5

In the hierarchy

  1. Part II: Societal & Human Concerns
  2. D8. Discrimination, Fairness & Toxicity
  3. 8.1 Discrimination in high-stakes decisions

Virtues and principles to explore

Held as inquiry, not as a verdict.

  • Justice

    Justice

    Who is heard, who is harmed, and who decides.

  • Dignity

    Center principle

    Every person is a protagonist, not a data point.

  • Listening

    Trust

    Listen to understand, rather than listen to speak.

Starter questions

Written to probe curiosity and learning, not accusation.

  1. 01What would trustworthiness look like here: what we do, what we say, and the belief others form?
  2. 02What would it look like if we held “Small-business lending AI” with proportion rather than alarm?
  3. 03If we named this complication in advance, what small, reversible step would let us learn?
  4. 04How would we know we were getting this wrong? What would we observe, without blaming a person?

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Frameworks and sources

Writing and incidents

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Who is harmed, who is excluded, and whose dignity is diminished in outputs and decisions.